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 :
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 Green tick 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 Green tick 6.7 16.6 52°07′01″N 0°15′04″E / 52.117°N 0.251°E
    TL542489 		1958  Map  [6]
Aversley Wood Green tick 62.3 154.0 52°25′19″N 0°17′38″W / 52.422°N 0.294°W
    TL161818 		1958  Map  [7]
Balsham Wood Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 15.3 37.8 52°21′04″N 0°01′19″E / 52.351°N 0.022°E
    TL378745 		1971  Map  [14]
Bonemills Hollow Green tick 17.5 43.3 52°35′53″N 0°28′41″W / 52.598°N 0.478°W
    TF032011 		1972  Map  [15]
Brackland Rough Green tick 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 Green tick 1.0 2.3 52°19′59″N 0°15′07″W / 52.333°N 0.252°W
    TL192720 		1986  Map  [17]
Brampton Racecourse Green tick 20.7 51.1 52°20′06″N 0°14′10″W / 52.335°N 0.236°W
    TL203722 		1984  Map  [18]
Brampton Wood Green tick 132.1 326.5 52°18′58″N 0°16′12″W / 52.316°N 0.27°W
    TL180701 		1954  Map  [19]
Buff Wood Green tick 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 Green tick 9.3 23.1 52°12′04″N 0°01′44″W / 52.201°N 0.029°W
    TL348577 		1985  Map  [21]
Cam Washes Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 0.1 0.3 52°22′01″N 0°18′00″E / 52.367°N 0.3°E
    TL567768 		1989  Map  [29]
Dernford Fen Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 36.4 89.8 52°36′29″N 0°12′36″W / 52.608°N 0.21°W
    TF213026 		1993  Map  [32]
Elsworth Wood Green tick 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 Green tick Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 88.1 217.7 52°09′54″N 0°10′26″E / 52.165°N 0.174°E
    TL488541 		1985  Map  [43]
Grafham Water Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 23.5 58.1 52°11′42″N 0°14′35″E / 52.195°N 0.243°E
    TL534576 		1983  Map  [46]
Hardwick Wood Green tick 15.5 38.2 52°12′N 0°01′W / 52.2°N 0.02°W
    TL354576 		1954 WT  Map  [47]
Hayley Wood Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 7.4 18.4 52°05′13″N 0°14′17″E / 52.087°N 0.238°E
    TL534456 		1958  Map  [50]
Histon Road Green tick 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 Green tick 3.3 8.2 52°04′01″N 0°00′43″W / 52.067°N 0.012°W
    TL364428 		1986  Map  [52]
Holme Fen Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 44.1 108.9 52°15′29″N 0°17′20″W / 52.258°N 0.289°W
    TL169636 		1989  Map  [60]
Madingley Wood Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 279.3 690.2 52°14′02″N 0°22′08″E / 52.234°N 0.369°E
    TL619622 		1993  Map  [64]
Orton Pit Green tick 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 Green tick 1.9 4.6 52°08′13″N 0°00′36″W / 52.137°N 0.01°W
    TL363506 		1985  Map  [66]
Ouse Washes Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 45.3 112.0 52°06′36″N 0°23′06″E / 52.11°N 0.385°E
    TL634484 		1959  Map  [69]
Overhall Grove Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 8.1 19.9 52°09′54″N 0°23′46″E / 52.165°N 0.396°E
    TL640546 		1971  Map  [72]
Perry Woods Green tick 67.9 167.9 52°17′02″N 0°20′24″W / 52.284°N 0.34°W
    TL133664 		1958  Map  [73]
Portholme Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 7.3 18.1 52°07′08″N 0°10′34″E / 52.119°N 0.176°E
    TL491490 		1959  Map  [76]
Shippea Hill Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 2.0 5.0 52°36′54″N 0°24′07″W / 52.615°N 0.402°W
    TF083031 		1983  Map  [80]
Southorpe Paddock Green tick 1.6 4.1 52°36′22″N 0°24′04″W / 52.606°N 0.401°W
    TF084021 		1986  Map  [81]
Southorpe Roughs Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 17.2 42.6 52°35′13″N 0°23′38″W / 52.587°N 0.394°W
    TF089000 		1955  Map  [85]
Ten Wood Green tick 17.7 43.8 52°10′34″N 0°25′55″E / 52.176°N 0.432°E
    TL664559 		1971  Map  [86]
Thriplow Meadows Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 50.4 124.5 52°35′46″N 0°26′17″W / 52.596°N 0.438°W
    TF059010 		1987  Map  [99]
Whitewater Valley Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 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 Green tick 62.0 153.2 52°12′32″N 0°13′08″E / 52.209°N 0.219°E
    TL517591 		1959  Map  [103]
Woodwalton Fen Green tick 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 Green tick 0.8 1.9 52°24′54″N 0°13′16″W / 52.415°N 0.221°W
    TL211812 		1971 WT  Map  [105]

Notes

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