| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Shown within Somerset
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| Area of Search | Somerset |
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| Grid reference | ST400330 |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 822 hectares (8.22 km2; 3.17 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1985 |
| Natural England website | |
King's Sedgemoor is a piece of rich animal habit and farming land, that forms part of the Somerset Levels in South West England.
The area of King's Sedgemoor fell within the Whitley Hundred,[1]
It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, at the centre of the larger Altcar series peat basin of King’s Sedgemoor; lying between the River Sowy to the west, Cradle Bridge to the east and extending to the south over Beer Wall into part of Aller Moor.[2] It is adjacent to the Greylake SSSI.
King's Sedgemoor Drain, originally constructed in 1797-8, proved inadequate for draining the village of Chedzoy's moors, so in 1861 the Chedzoy Internal Drainage District built a small pumping station on the River Parrett, in Westonzoyland parish, to drain the Chedzoy moors southwards.[3]
