List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire

Wicken Fen SSSI 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 2012, there are 101 sites designated in this Area of Search.^[2] There are 10 sites with a purely geological interest, and 90 listed for biological interest. A further one sites is designated for both reasons.

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 Natural England in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI, and the County Background Datasheet for Cambridgeshire.^[4]

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

Sites

Contents :

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• C
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• E
• F
• G
• H
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• R
• S
• T
• U
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Site name	Reason for designation		Area^[A]		Coordinates & Grid ref^[B]	Year in which notified	Other designations	Map^[C] & Citation
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres
Adventurers' Land			10.1	25.0	52°35′53″N 0°00′29″E / 52.598°N 0.008°E     TF361019	1989	GCR	Map  [5]
Alder Carr			6.7	16.6	52°07′01″N 0°15′04″E / 52.117°N 0.251°E     TL542489	1958		Map  [6]
Aversley Wood			62.3	154.0	52°25′19″N 0°17′38″W / 52.422°N 0.294°W     TL161818	1958		Map  [7]
Balsham Wood			35.0	86.4	52°07′19″N 0°19′05″E / 52.122°N 0.318°E     TL588496	1971		Map  [8]
Barnack Hills & Holes NNR			23.5	58.2	52°37′44″N 0°24′43″W / 52.629°N 0.412°W     TF076046	1986	NNR, NCR, SAC	Map  [9]
Barrington Chalk Pit			97.1	239.9	52°08′38″N 0°01′59″E / 52.144°N 0.033°E     TL392515	1997	GCR	Map  [10]
Barrington Pit			3.8	9.3	52°07′23″N 0°01′08″E / 52.123°N 0.019°E     TL383491	1959	GCR	Map  [11]
Bassenhally Pit			8.6	21.3	52°34′08″N 0°06′14″W / 52.569°N 0.104°W     TL286985	1971	WT	Map  [12]
Bedford Purlieus NNR			214.3	529.5	52°34′59″N 0°27′50″W / 52.583°N 0.464°W     TL042995	1969	NNR, NCR	Map  [13]
Berry Fen			15.3	37.8	52°21′04″N 0°01′19″E / 52.351°N 0.022°E     TL378745	1971		Map  [14]
Bonemills Hollow			17.5	43.3	52°35′53″N 0°28′41″W / 52.598°N 0.478°W     TF032011	1972		Map  [15]
Brackland Rough			10.7	26.4	52°18′07″N 0°23′38″E / 52.302°N 0.394°E     TL633698	1971	WT	Map  [16]
Brampton Meadow			1.0	2.3	52°19′59″N 0°15′07″W / 52.333°N 0.252°W     TL192720	1986		Map  [17]
Brampton Racecourse			20.7	51.1	52°20′06″N 0°14′10″W / 52.335°N 0.236°W     TL203722	1984		Map  [18]
Brampton Wood			132.1	326.5	52°18′58″N 0°16′12″W / 52.316°N 0.27°W     TL180701	1954		Map  [19]
Buff Wood			15.8	39.0	52°08′10″N 0°07′48″W / 52.136°N 0.13°W     TL281503	1958	WT	Map  [20]
Caldecote Meadows			9.3	23.1	52°12′04″N 0°01′44″W / 52.201°N 0.029°W     TL348577	1985		Map  [21]
Cam Washes			166.5	411.5	52°19′55″N 0°15′22″E / 52.332°N 0.256°E     TL538725 – TL530692	1986	RSPB	Map  [22]
Carlton Wood			10.5	25.8	52°09′00″N 0°24′58″E / 52.15°N 0.416°E     TL654529	1986		Map  [23]
Castor Flood Meadows			41.8	103.2	52°33′43″N 0°20′42″W / 52.562°N 0.345°W     TL123973	1971		Map  [24]
Castor Hanglands NNR			89.8	221.9	52°35′56″N 0°21′14″W / 52.599°N 0.354°W     TF116015 – TF123022	1986	NNR, NCR	Map  [25]
Cherry Hinton Pit			12.8	31.6	52°10′48″N 0°10′05″E / 52.18°N 0.168°E     TL483557	1951	LNR	Map  [26]
Chettisham Meadow			0.7	1.7	52°25′23″N 0°15′54″E / 52.423°N 0.265°E     TL541830	1983	WT	Map  [27]
Chippenham Fen and Snailwell Poor's Fen			155.6	384.4	52°17′53″N 0°24′54″E / 52.298°N 0.415°E     TL648694	1972	NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC	Map  [28]
Delph Bridge Drain			0.1	0.3	52°22′01″N 0°18′00″E / 52.367°N 0.3°E     TL567768	1989		Map  [29]
Dernford Fen			10.3	25.3	52°07′52″N 0°08′56″E / 52.131°N 0.149°E     TL472503	1955		Map  [30]
Devil's Dyke			39.8	98.3	52°15′00″N 0°19′41″E / 52.25°N 0.328°E     TL568660 – TL653584	1955	SAM, WT, SAC	Map  [31]
Dogsthorpe Star Pit			36.4	89.8	52°36′29″N 0°12′36″W / 52.608°N 0.21°W     TF213026	1993		Map  [32]
Elsworth Wood			6.9	17.1	52°14′17″N 0°04′48″W / 52.238°N 0.08°W     TL312617		WT	Map  [33]
Ely Pits and Meadows			85.8	212.1	52°24′11″N 0°16′59″E / 52.403°N 0.283°E     TL554808	1986	GCR, WT	Map  [34]
Eversden and Wimpole Woods			66.6	164.4	52°09′36″N 0°02′13″W / 52.16°N 0.037°W     TL345531 – TL340525	1954	SAC	Map  [35]
Eye Gravel Pit			0.3	0.8	52°36′58″N 0°11′06″W / 52.616°N 0.185°W     TF230036	1954	GCR, LNR	Map  [36]
Fleam Dyke			11.8	29.1	52°10′12″N 0°15′11″E / 52.17°N 0.253°E     TL542548	1951	SAM	Map  [37]
Fowlmere Watercress Beds			39.9	98.5	52°05′20″N 0°02′56″E / 52.089°N 0.049°E     TL405454	1966	RSPB	Map  [38]
Fulbourn Fen			27.3	67.6	52°10′52″N 0°14′10″E / 52.181°N 0.236°E     TL530560	1954	WT	Map  [39]
Furze Hill			5.8	14.3	52°06′54″N 0°15′54″E / 52.115°N 0.265°E     TL552487	1954	WT	Map  [40]
Gamlingay Wood			48.4	119.7	52°09′54″N 0°11′10″W / 52.165°N 0.186°W     TL242534	1955		Map  [41]
Godmanchester Eastside Common			29.7	73.4	52°19′26″N 0°08′20″W / 52.324°N 0.139°W     TL270716 – TL270713	1986		Map  [42]
Gog Magog Golf Course			88.1	217.7	52°09′54″N 0°10′26″E / 52.165°N 0.174°E     TL488541	1985		Map  [43]
Grafham Water			806.3	1992.4	52°17′49″N 0°19′08″W / 52.297°N 0.319°W     TL147679	1986	WT	Map  [44]
Great Stukeley Railway Cutting			34.7	85.8	52°21′50″N 0°11′20″W / 52.364°N 0.189°W     TL235735 – TL232764	1986		Map  [45]
Great Wilbraham Common			23.5	58.1	52°11′42″N 0°14′35″E / 52.195°N 0.243°E     TL534576	1983		Map  [46]
Hardwick Wood			15.5	38.2	52°12′N 0°01′W / 52.2°N 0.02°W     TL354576	1954	WT	Map  [47]
Hayley Wood			51.7	127.7	52°09′32″N 0°06′50″W / 52.159°N 0.114°W     TL291529	1955	WT, NCR	Map  [48]
Hemingford Grey Meadow			0.7	1.7	52°18′22″N 0°06′29″W / 52.306°N 0.108°W     TL291692	1984	WT	Map  [49]
Hildersham Wood			7.4	18.4	52°05′13″N 0°14′17″E / 52.087°N 0.238°E     TL534456	1958		Map  [50]
Histon Road			0.6	1.5	52°13′44″N 0°06′40″E / 52.229°N 0.111°E     TL443611	1984	GCR	Map  [51]
Holland Hall (Melbourn) Railway Cutting			3.3	8.2	52°04′01″N 0°00′43″W / 52.067°N 0.012°W     TL364428	1986		Map  [52]
Holme Fen			269.4	665.7	52°29′10″N 0°13′26″W / 52.486°N 0.224°W     TL207890	1985	NNR, NCR	Map  [53]
Houghton Meadows			4.7	11.5	52°19′37″N 0°06′14″W / 52.327°N 0.104°W     TL293716	1984	WT	Map  [54]
Kingston Wood and Outliers			47.4	117.0	52°10′12″N 0°03′50″W / 52.17°N 0.064°W     TL325542	1971		Map  [55]
L-moor, Shepreth			7.3	18.1	52°06′29″N 0°01′16″E / 52.108°N 0.021°E     TL385474	1969	WT	Map  [56]
Langley Wood			31.6	78.0	52°03′25″N 0°20′31″E / 52.057°N 0.342°E     TL607424	1971	NCR	Map  [57]
Little Catworth Meadow			5.2	12.9	52°20′28″N 0°22′55″W / 52.341°N 0.382°W     TL103727	1984		Map  [58]
Little Paxton Pits			127.4	314.8	52°15′32″N 0°14′31″W / 52.259°N 0.242°W     TL201638	1986	LNR	Map  [59]
Little Paxton Wood			44.1	108.9	52°15′29″N 0°17′20″W / 52.258°N 0.289°W     TL169636	1989		Map  [60]
Madingley Wood			15.2	37.6	52°13′01″N 0°02′53″E / 52.217°N 0.048°E     TL400596	1959		Map  [61]
Monk's Wood and The Odd Quarter			169.3	418.3	52°24′18″N 0°14′24″W / 52.405°N 0.24°W     TL198800	1986	NNR, NCR	Map  [62]
Nene Washes			1,522.9	3,763.1	52°34′59″N 0°03′18″W / 52.583°N 0.055°W     TF319001	1959	SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB, SAC	Map  [63]
Newmarket Heath			279.3	690.2	52°14′02″N 0°22′08″E / 52.234°N 0.369°E     TL619622	1993		Map  [64]
Orton Pit			145.8	360.3	52°31′55″N 0°17′24″W / 52.532°N 0.29°W     TL161941	2004	GCR, SAC	Map  [65]
Orwell Clunch Pit			1.9	4.6	52°08′13″N 0°00′36″W / 52.137°N 0.01°W     TL363506	1985		Map  [66]
Ouse Washes			2,513.6	6,211.1	52°27′47″N 0°11′13″E / 52.463°N 0.187°E     TL487873	1955	SPA, WT, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB, SAC, WWT	Map  [67]
Out and Plunder Woods			38.6	95.3	52°09′54″N 0°24′50″E / 52.165°N 0.414°E     TL652546	1955		Map  [68]
Over and Lawn Woods			45.3	112.0	52°06′36″N 0°23′06″E / 52.11°N 0.385°E     TL634484	1959		Map  [69]
Overhall Grove			17.4	43.1	52°15′00″N 0°02′28″W / 52.25°N 0.041°W     TL338631	1972	WT, NCR	Map  [70]
Papworth Wood			8.3	20.5	52°14′56″N 0°06′36″W / 52.249°N 0.11°W     TL291629	1971	WT	Map  [71]
Park Wood			8.1	19.9	52°09′54″N 0°23′46″E / 52.165°N 0.396°E     TL640546	1971		Map  [72]
Perry Woods			67.9	167.9	52°17′02″N 0°20′24″W / 52.284°N 0.34°W     TL133664	1958		Map  [73]
Portholme			105.7	261.2	52°19′16″N 0°11′17″W / 52.321°N 0.188°W     TL236708	1965	NCR, SAC	Map  [74]
Roman Road			12.9	32.0	52°09′22″N 0°12′22″E / 52.156°N 0.206°E     TL510532	1960	SAM	Map  [75]
Sawston Hall Meadows			7.3	18.1	52°07′08″N 0°10′34″E / 52.119°N 0.176°E     TL491490	1959		Map  [76]
Shippea Hill			27.6	68.3	52°26′17″N 0°24′25″E / 52.438°N 0.407°E     TL637850	1989	GCR	Map  [77]
Snailwell Meadows			15.2	37.6	52°17′02″N 0°24′00″E / 52.284°N 0.4°E     TL638678	1985		Map  [78]
Soham Wet Horse Fen			33.8	83.5	52°19′48″N 0°21′50″E / 52.33°N 0.364°E     TL612728	1959	WT	Map  [79]
Southorpe Meadow			2.0	5.0	52°36′54″N 0°24′07″W / 52.615°N 0.402°W     TF083031	1983		Map  [80]
Southorpe Paddock			1.6	4.1	52°36′22″N 0°24′04″W / 52.606°N 0.401°W     TF084021	1986		Map  [81]
Southorpe Roughs			9.8	24.2	52°36′54″N 0°25′01″W / 52.615°N 0.417°W     TF073031	1986		Map  [82]
St. Neot's Common			33.4	82.4	52°14′10″N 0°16′16″W / 52.236°N 0.271°W     TL182612	1954		Map  [83]
Stow-cum-quy Fen			29.9	73.8	52°14′35″N 0°13′08″E / 52.243°N 0.219°E     TL516628	1955		Map  [84]
Sutton Heath and Bog			17.2	42.6	52°35′13″N 0°23′38″W / 52.587°N 0.394°W     TF089000	1955		Map  [85]
Ten Wood			17.7	43.8	52°10′34″N 0°25′55″E / 52.176°N 0.432°E     TL664559	1971		Map  [86]
Thriplow Meadows			3.5	8.5	52°06′07″N 0°05′49″E / 52.102°N 0.097°E     TL437469	1963	WT	Map  [87]
Thriplow Peat Holes			12.2	30.0	52°06′18″N 0°06′58″E / 52.105°N 0.116°E     TL450473	1958		Map  [88]
Traveller's Rest Pit			2.3	5.6	52°13′05″N 0°05′24″E / 52.218°N 0.09°E     TL429598	1983	GCR	Map  [89]
Upware Bridge Pit North			2.5	6.2	52°19′44″N 0°15′47″E / 52.329°N 0.263°E     TL543725	1951	GCR	Map  [90]
Upware North Pit			1.1	2.7	52°19′52″N 0°15′50″E / 52.331°N 0.264°E     TL544727	1955	WT	Map  [91]
Upware South Pit			1.1	2.7	52°18′54″N 0°15′22″E / 52.315°N 0.256°E     TL539709	1959	GCR	Map  [92]
Upwood Meadows			6.0	14.9	52°25′37″N 0°09′43″W / 52.427°N 0.162°W     TL251826	1985	NNR, NCR	Map  [93]
Wansford Pasture			3.1	7.7	52°34′55″N 0°25′26″W / 52.582°N 0.424°W     TL069994	1985		Map  [94]
Warboy's and Wistow Woods			44.5	109.9	52°25′08″N 0°05′17″W / 52.419°N 0.088°W     TL301818	1971	WT	Map  [95]
Warboys Claypit			12.6	31.2	52°25′08″N 0°04′48″W / 52.419°N 0.08°W     TL307818	1954	GCR	Map  [96]
Waresley Wood			54.2	134.0	52°10′37″N 0°09′22″W / 52.177°N 0.156°W     TL262548	1954	WT	Map  [97]
Weaveley and Sand Woods			62.0	153.3	52°10′16″N 0°12′43″W / 52.171°N 0.212°W     TL224540	1958		Map  [98]
West Abbot's and Lound Woods			50.4	124.5	52°35′46″N 0°26′17″W / 52.596°N 0.438°W     TF059010	1987		Map  [99]
Whitewater Valley			4.3	10.6	52°37′08″N 0°27′40″W / 52.619°N 0.461°W     TF043035	1955		Map  [100]
Whittlesford - Thriplow Hummocky Fields			55.6	137.3	52°07′05″N 0°07′05″E / 52.118°N 0.118°E     TL451487 – TL428463	1987		Map  [101]
Wicken Fen			255.0	630.2	52°18′25″N 0°16′41″E / 52.307°N 0.278°E     TL554701	1951	NNR, National Trust reserve, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC	Map  [102]
Wilbraham Fens			62.0	153.2	52°12′32″N 0°13′08″E / 52.209°N 0.219°E     TL517591	1959		Map  [103]
Woodwalton Fen			208.7	515.6	52°26′42″N 0°11′35″W / 52.445°N 0.193°W     TL229845	1985	NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC	Map  [104]
Woodwalton Marsh			0.8	1.9	52°24′54″N 0°13′16″W / 52.415°N 0.221°W     TL211812	1971	WT	Map  [105]

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.^[106]
• ^C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.

References

1. "Notification of SSSIs". English Nature. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
2. "SSSIs in Cambridgeshire". English Nature. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
3. "County search of SSSIs". English Nature. Retrieved 2006-08-05.
4. Natural England County Background datasheet for Cambridgeshire SSSIs Accessed 29 August 2012
5. "Adventurers' Land" (PDF).
6. "Alder Carr" (PDF).
7. "Aversley Wood" (PDF).
8. "Balsham Wood" (PDF).
9. "Barnack Hills & Holes" (PDF).
10. "Barrington Chalk Pit" (PDF).
11. "Barrington Pit" (PDF).
12. "Bassenhally Pit" (PDF).
13. "Bedford Purlieus" (PDF).
14. "Berry Fen" (PDF).
15. "Bonemills Hollow" (PDF).
16. "Brackland Rough" (PDF).
17. "Brampton Meadow" (PDF).
18. "Brampton Racecourse" (PDF).
19. "Brampton Wood" (PDF).
20. "Buff Wood" (PDF).
21. "Caldecote Meadows" (PDF).
22. "Cam Washes" (PDF).
23. "Carlton Wood" (PDF).
24. "Castor Flood Meadows" (PDF).
25. "Castor Hanglands" (PDF).
26. "Cherry Hinton Pit" (PDF).
27. "Chettisham Meadow" (PDF).
28. "Chippenham Fen and Snailwell Poor's Fen" (PDF).
29. "Delph Bridge Drain" (PDF).
30. "Dernford Fen" (PDF).
31. "Devil's Dyke" (PDF).
32. "Dogsthorpe Star Pit" (PDF).
33. "Elsworth Wood" (PDF).
34. "Ely Pits and Meadows" (PDF).
35. "Eversden and Wimpole Woods" (PDF).
36. "Eye Gravel Pit" (PDF).
37. "Fleam Dyke" (PDF).
38. "Fowlmere Watercress Beds" (PDF).
39. "Fulbourn Fen" (PDF).
40. "Furze Hill" (PDF).
41. "Gamlingay Wood" (PDF).
42. "Godmanchester Eastside Common" (PDF).
43. "Gog Magog Golf Course" (PDF).
44. "Grafham Water" (PDF).
45. "Great Stukeley Railway Cutting" (PDF).
46. "Great Wilbraham Common" (PDF).
47. "Hardwick Wood" (PDF).
48. "Hayley Wood" (PDF).
49. "Hemingford Grey Meadow" (PDF).
50. "Hildersham Wood" (PDF).
51. "Histon Road" (PDF).
52. "Holland Hall (Melbourn) Railway Cutting" (PDF).
53. "Holme Fen" (PDF).
54. "Houghton Meadows" (PDF).
55. "Kingston Wood and Outliers" (PDF).
56. "L-Moor, Shepreth" (PDF).
57. "Langley Wood" (PDF).
58. "Little Catworth Meadow" (PDF).
59. "Little Paxton Pits" (PDF).
60. "Little Paxton Wood" (PDF).
61. "Madingley Wood" (PDF).
62. "Monk's Wood and The Odd Quarter" (PDF).
63. "Nene Washes" (PDF).
64. "Newmarket Heath" (PDF).
65. "Orton Pit" (PDF).
66. "Orwell Clunch Pit" (PDF).
67. "Ouse Washes" (PDF).
68. "Out and Plunder Woods" (PDF).
69. "Over and Lawn Woods" (PDF).
70. "Overhall Grove" (PDF).
71. "Papworth Wood" (PDF).
72. "Park Wood" (PDF).
73. "Perry Woods" (PDF).
74. "Portholme" (PDF).
75. "Roman Road" (PDF).
76. "Sawston Hall Meadows" (PDF).
77. "Shippea Hill" (PDF).
78. "Snailwell Meadows" (PDF).
79. "Soham Wet Horse Fen" (PDF).
80. "Southorpe Meadow" (PDF).
81. "Southorpe Paddock" (PDF).
82. "Southorpe Roughs" (PDF).
83. "St. Neot's Common" (PDF).
84. "Stow-Cum-Quy Fen" (PDF).
85. "Sutton Heath and Bog" (PDF).
86. "Ten Wood" (PDF).
87. "Thriplow Meadows" (PDF).
88. "Thriplow Peat Holes" (PDF).
89. "Traveller's Rest Pit" (PDF).
90. "Upware Bridge Pit North" (PDF).
91. "Upware North Pit" (PDF).
92. "Upware South Pit" (PDF).
93. "Upwood Meadows" (PDF).
94. "Wansford Pasture" (PDF).
95. "Warboy's and Wistow Woods" (PDF).
96. "Warboys Claypit" (PDF).
97. "Waresley Wood" (PDF).
98. "Weaveley and Sand Woods" (PDF).
99. "West Abbot's and Lound Woods" (PDF).
100. "Whitewater Valley" (PDF).
101. "Whittlesford - Thriplow Hummocky Fields" (PDF).
102. "Wicken Fen" (PDF).
103. "Wilbraham Fens" (PDF).
104. "Woodwalton Fen" (PDF).
105. "Woodwalton Marsh" (PDF).
106. "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2006-08-07.