Yardley Chase

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Yardley Chase is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, straddling Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. The county has 54 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. Only three of the county's SSSIs are larger.

The closest station is Northampton, about 10 km to the north-west. Emberton Country Park and Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits are among the nature reserves within 7.4 km.

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