Dogsthorpe Star Pit is managed as a nature reserve

Nature reserve

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...

 and Site of Special Scientific Interest

Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...

 by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough

Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough

The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough is a wildlife trust covering the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and the City of Peterborough in England....

, a charity formed in 1994. It is located north-east of Dogsthorpe and west of the village of Eye

Eye, Cambridgeshire

Eye is a village in the unitary authority area of Peterborough in England, south of Crowland and Eye Green. It was formerly in the Soke of Peterborough in Northamptonshire....

 in the unitary authority area of Peterborough

Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...

 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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The brick pit was excavated to produce clay and has since developed into an important wildlife site. Many of Peterborough’s old clay pits have been used for landfill

Landfill

A landfill site , is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment...

, but the discovery of the wildlife value of these pits has helped to secure their future as a nature reserves.

External links

Dogsthorpe Star Pit, Little Wood and Eye Green