Honeybrook Farm

[2] Honeybrook Farm is situated within the Cotswolds National Landscape (formerly known as Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, or AONB) and the Bybrook River.

The SSSI was designated due to the national importance of the herb-rich meadows and high quality calcareous grassland.

[2] The grasses and herb which grow in the farm's hay meadows are indicative of the long period that the land has been managed non intensively.

The untreated sward has a wide variety and abundance of typical herbs of such meadows such as black knapweed (Centaurea nigra), yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor) and bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus).

The high lime content of the soil in the hay meadows is demonstrated by presence of plants such as the frequent salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), upright brome (Bromus erectus), hoary plantain (Plantago media) and rough hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus).