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Gang Mine Nature ReserveOS Map: SK 286558Gang Mine Nature Reserve has specialist lead-tolerant wildflowers are a feature of this former lead mining area. Location and access: Location: Off Porter Lane, Middleton, 2 miles from Wirksworth How to get there: Park at the National Stone Centre, Middleton. Buses serve either end of Porter Lane and from here there is a 1km walk to the reserve Access: Paths open at all times. Please note that the reserve has some dangerous mine shafts which are normally capped but may be liable to soil movement. Please be careful. This reserve is part of an ancient lead mining area. The name Gang Mine comes from the word 'gangue', meaning waste, for the waste minerals which were dumped around the shafts. The lead spoil heaps are of little agricultural use, and only a small number of plants are able to tolerate the high concentration of minerals. Among the species that thrive here are the nationally rare spring sandwort, and alpine pennycress. Both are locally known as leadwort. The lead spoil grades into other open areas. In some, lichens dominate the ground cover, while in others colonising species such as kidney vetch and thyme dominate. These open areas provide ideal conditions for ground-hunting invertebrates such as wolf spiders and ground beetles. Away from the lead spoil heaps the habitat is mostly unimproved neutral grassland with a variety of flowers such as yarrow, mouse-ear hawkweed and bush vetch and occasional pyramidal orchid. The dew pond, a traditional drinking for livestock, has been restored and adds an interesting feature to the reserve, providing permanent water, a valuable habitat for amphibians including the rare great crested newt. Metal-rich grasslands such as Gang Mine are uncommon across Europe and because of this the area has been designated not only as a Site of Special Scientific Interest but also under European Law as a Special Area of Conservation. More Info at www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk Weather Forecast Find the best deal, compare prices of Peak District accommodation and read what other travellers have to say about accommodation in Wirksworth at TripAdvisor There are currently no panoramic photographs for this location. Accommodation Merebrook Artists Kute Fine Art Restaurants Kaash Tandoori Restaurant Accommodation - Self Catering Lillimae Barn Media PipsqueakMedia.biz Just 30 Limited I.T. Zycomm Electronics Limited PipsqueakMedia.biz W3Z Broadband Just 30 Limited Retail Bargain Booze Hillarys Blinds Attraction National Stone Centre Ecclesbourne Valley Railway |
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