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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire

 
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Wicken Fen, one of the 101 SSSIs in Cambridgeshire.

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features.[1] Natural England uses Cambridgeshire's borders to mark one of its Areas of Search. As of 2008, there are 101 sites designated in this Area of Search.[2]

Natural England took over the role of designating and managing SSSIs from English Nature in October 2006 when it was formed from the amalgamation of English Nature, parts of the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service. Natural England, like its predecessor, uses the 1974-1996 county system[3] and as such the same approach is followed here. The data in the table is taken from English Nature in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.[4]

For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

A - B

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Adventurers' Land Check markY 10.1 25.0 TF362019 1989 [1]
Alder Carr Check markY 6.9 17.0 TL543489 1958 [2]
Aversley Wood Check markY 60 148.3 TL163819 1958 [3]
Balsham Wood Check markY 34.6 85.7 TL589496 1971 [4]
Barnack Hills & Holes NNR Check markY 23.0 56.7 TF076047 1986 [5]
Barrington Chalk Pit Check markY 97.2 240 TL399511 Unknown [6]
Barrington Pit Check markY 3.7 9.0 TL383492 1959 [7]
Bassenhally Pit Check markY 8.2 22 TL286985 1971 [8]
Bedford Purlieus NNR Check markY 211 523 TL042995 1969 [9]
Berry Fen Check markY 18 44 TL378745 1971 [10]
Bonemills Hollow Check markY 14 34.4 TF038013 1972 [11]
Brackland Rough Check markY 9.4 23.2 TL632699 1971 [12]
Brampton Meadow Check markY 0.97 2.4 TL192720 1986 [13]
Brampton Racecourse Check markY 20.6 50.9 TL205722 1984 [14]
Brampton Wood Check markY 132 324 TL180702 1954 [15]
Buff Wood Check markY 15.6 38.5 TL283503 1958 [16]

C - E

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Caldecote Meadows Check markY 9.2 22.7 TL347577 1985 [17]
Cam Washes Check markY 169.3 418.3 TL538725 TL530692 1986 [18]
Carlton Wood Check markY 10.3 25.5 TL654530 1986 [19]
Castor Flood Meadows Check markY 42.0 103.8 TL123973 1971 [20]
Castor Hanglands NNR Check markY 90.4 223.4 TF116015 TF123022 1986 [21]
Cherry Hinton Pit Check markY 12.83 31.70 TL483557 1951 [22]
Chettisham Meadow Check markY 0.6 1.6 TL541830 1983 [23]
Chippenham Fen And Snailwell Poor's Fen Check markY 114.8 283.6 TL648697 1972 [24]
Delph Bridge Drain Check markY 0.1 0.2 TL568768 1989 [25]
Dernford Fen Check markY 10.2 25.0 TL472504 1955 [26]
Devil's Dyke Check markY 89 222 TL568660 TL653584 1955 [27]
Dogsthorpe Star Pit Check markY 35.8 88.4 TF213025 1993 [28]
Elsworth Wood Check markY 7.2 17.8 TL313617 1986 [29]
Eversden And Wimpole Woods Check markY 66.5 164.3 TL345531 TL340525 1954 [30]
Eye Gravel Pit Check markY 0.3 0.8 TL231036 1954 [31]

F - H

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Fleam Dyke Check markY Check markY 24 59 TL554536 1951 [32]
Fowlmere Watercress Beds Check markY 38.9 96.1 TL406454 1966 [33]
Fulbourn Fen Check markY 30.3 74.8 TL531561 1954 [34]
Furze Hill Check markY Check markY 4.8 11.9 TL554485 1954 [35]
Gamlingay Wood Check markY 46 114 TL242535 1955 [36]
Godmanchester Eastside Common Check markY 28.4 70.1 TL270716 TL270713 1986 [37]
Gog Magog Golf Course Check markY 86.3 213.1 TL490540 1985 [38]
Grafham Water Check markY 811.9 2006.2 TL150680 1986 [39]
Great Stukeley Railway Cutting Check markY 35.6 88 TL235735 TL232764 1986 [40]
Great Wilbraham Common Check markY 26.0 64.2 TL535576 1983 [41]
  • L-moor, Shepreth
  • Langley Wood
  • Little Catworth Meadow
  • Little Paxton Pits
  • Little Paxton Wood
  • Madingley Wood
  • Monk's Wood And The Odd Quarter
  • Nene Washes
  • Newmarket Heath
  • Orton Pit
  • Orwell Clunch Pit
  • Ouse Washes
  • Out And Plunder Woods
  • Over And Lawn Woods
  • Overhall Grove
  • Papworth Wood
  • Park Wood
  • Perry Woods
  • Portholme
  • Roman Road
  • Sutton Heath And Bog
  • Ten Wood
  • Thriplow Meadows
  • Thriplow Peat Holes
  • Traveller's Rest Pit
  • Upware Bridge Pit North
  • Upware North Pit
  • Upware South Pit
  • Upwood Meadows
  • Wansford Pasture
  • Warboy's And Wistow Woods
  • Warboys Claypit
  • Waresley Wood
  • Weaveley And Sand Woods
  • West Abbot's And Lound Woods
  • Whitewater Valley
  • Whittlesford - Thriplow Hummocky Fields
  • Wicken Fen
  • Wilbraham Fens
  • Woodwalton Fen

Notes

A Data rounded to one decimal place.
B Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.[5]
C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.

References

  1. ^ "Notification of SSSIs". English Nature. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/notification.cfm. Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 
  2. ^ "SSSIs in Cambridgeshire". English Nature. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/searchresults.cfm?sssi_name=&frmcounty=1005. Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 
  3. ^ "County search of SSSIs". English Nature. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/search.cfm. Retrieved on 2006-08-05. 
  4. ^ English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 2008-03-24. (PDF files).
  5. ^ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/help.html#gridref. Retrieved on 2006-08-07. 


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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the United Kingdom, grouped by Area of Search
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Angus and Dundee · Annandale and Eskdale · Badenoch and Strathspey · Banff and Buchan · Berwickshire and Roxburgh · Caithness · Clydesdale and South East Glasgow · Cumnock and Kyle · Dumbarton and North Glasgow · Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy · East Perth · East Ross and Cromarty · Edinburgh and West Lothian · Falkirk and Clackmannan · Gordon and Aberdeen · Inverness · Islay and Jura · Kincardine and Deeside · Kintyre · Lorne · Mid and East Lothian · Mid Argyll and Cowal · Moray and Nairn · Mull, Coll and Tiree · Nithsdale · North East Fife · North Lochaber · North West Sutherland · North Wester Ross and Cromarty · Orkney · Renfrew and Cunninghame · Rum and the Small Isles · Shetland · Skye and Lochalsh · South East Sutherland · South Lochaber · South Perth · South Wester Ross and Cromarty · Stirling · Tweeddale and Ettrick and Lauderdale · West Perth · Western Isles North · Western Isles South · Wigtown and Stewartry
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