List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the county of Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

, England

England

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, United Kingdom

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. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England

Natural England

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, which chooses a site because of its fauna

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, flora

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, geological

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or physiographical features. Natural England uses Cambridgeshire's borders to mark one of its Areas of Search

Area of Search

Areas of Search are geographical areas used in the selection of Sites of Special Scientific Interest. In England these are largely based on the 1974–1996 administrative counties...

. , there are 101 sites designated in this Area of Search.

Natural England took over the role of designating and managing SSSIs from English Nature

English Nature

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in October 2006 when it was formed from the amalgamation of English Nature, parts of the Countryside Agency

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and the Rural Development Service

Rural Development Service

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. Natural England, like its predecessor, uses the 1974–1996 county system

Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England

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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.

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

A–B

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area		Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Adventurers' Land Adventurers' Land Adventurers' Land is a 10.1 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire, notified in 1989. The name derives from the 17th century use of the word 'adventurers' to refer to the investors who financed the draining and development of the fen .-Source:* -External links:*...			10.1	25.0		1989	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1005502,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Alder Carr			6.9	17.0		1958	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003973,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Aversley Wood			60	148.3		1958	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000002,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Balsham Wood			34.6	85.7		1971	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000028,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Barnack Hills & Holes NNR Barnack Hills & Holes NNR Barnack Hills & Holes is managed as a National Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest by Natural England, a non-departmental public body vested in 2006. It is situated in the village of Barnack in the unitary authority area of Peterborough in the United Kingdom...			23.0	56.7		1986	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001564,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Barrington Chalk Pit			97.2	240		Unknown	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=2000301,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Barrington Pit			3.7	9.0		1959	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000038,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Bassenhally Pit			8.2	22		1971	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000060,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Bedford Purlieus NNR Bedford Purlieus NNR Bedford Purlieus is of ancient woodland in Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. It is a National Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest owned and managed by the Forestry Commission. Situated in Thornhaugh civil parish, 14km west of Peterborough, it is within the Peterborough...			211	523		1969	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000074,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Berry Fen			18	44		1971	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000093,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Bonemills Hollow			14	34.4		1972	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000112,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Brackland Rough			9.4	23.2		1971	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000167,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Brampton Meadow Brampton Meadow Brampton Meadow is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire, England. The site, adjacent to the A14 northwest of the Brampton Hut roundabout, is rich in native grasses and biodiversity, in part owing to its neutral soil...			0.97	2.4		1986	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002302,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Brampton Racecourse			20.6	50.9		1984	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001306,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Brampton Wood Brampton Wood Brampton Wood is located off the A14 in Cambridgeshire, four miles from Huntingdon. The woodland is an SSSI covering and is one of the largest remaining blocks of ancient woodland in the county, and is in the care of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and...			132	324		1954	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000186,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Buff Wood Buff Wood Buff Wood has a core of ancient woodland, with surrounding areas of secondary woodland planted from the middle ages onward. The wood is 15.6 ha in area, managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. It is located south of the village of...			15.6	38.5		1958	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000205,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL

C–E

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area		Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Caldecote Meadows			9.2	22.7		1985	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003806,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Cam Washes			169.3	418.3		1986	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004020,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Carlton Wood			10.3	25.5		1986	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003285,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Castor Flood Meadows			42.0	103.8		1971	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000293,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Castor Hanglands NNR Castor Hanglands NNR Castor Hanglands is managed as a National Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest by Natural England, a non-departmental public body vested in 2006...			90.4	223.4		1986	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001593,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Cherry Hinton Pit Cherry Hinton Pit Cherry Hinton Pit is a Site of Special Scientific Interest situated to the south of Cherry Hinton in the county of Cambridgeshire.It is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. The Trust's sites are known as Limekiln...			12.83	31.70		1951	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000331,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Chettisham Meadow Chettisham Meadow Chettisham Meadow is a Site of Special Scientific Interest managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. It is located north of Ely and west of the village of Chettisham in the county of Cambridgeshire...			0.6	1.6		1983	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002126,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Chippenham Fen And Snailwell Poor's Fen			114.8	283.6		1972	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001619,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Delph Bridge Drain			0.1	0.2		1989	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1005499,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Dernford Fen			10.2	25.0		1955	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000388,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Devil's Dyke Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire The Devil's Dyke is an earthwork in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It consists of a long bank and ditch that runs in a south-east direction from the small village of Reach to nearby Woodditton...			89	222		1955	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000404,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Dogsthorpe Star Pit Dogsthorpe Star Pit Dogsthorpe Star Pit is managed as a nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough, a charity formed in 1994...			35.8	88.4		1993	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1006649,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Elsworth Wood			7.2	17.8		1986	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000848,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Eversden And Wimpole Woods			66.5	164.3		1954	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000416,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Eye Gravel Pit			0.3	0.8		1954	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000439,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL

F–H

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area		Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Fleam Dyke Fleam Dyke Fleam Dyke is an earthwork in eastern Cambridgeshire, England, generally assumed to be Anglo-Saxon of origin. As a few potsherds of the early and late Bronze age were found in the most eastern part of the dyke it seems that much older earthworks have been used. The archaeologist Prof...			24	59		1951	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001069,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Fowlmere Watercress Beds			38.9	96.1		1966	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001079,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Fulbourn Fen Fulbourn Fen Fulbourn Fen is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. It lies east of the village of Fulbourn in the county of Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.- References :- External links :*...			30.3	74.8		1954	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001093,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Furze Hill Furze Hill Furze Hill is a hamlet situated in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Fordingbridge, which lies approximately 3.1 miles north-west from the hamlet....			4.8	11.9		1954	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001115,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Gamlingay Wood Gamlingay Wood Gamlingay Wood is 46 ha of woodland managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. It has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1955. It was listed in Domesday Book and appears to have been woodland for...			46	114		1955	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001138,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Godmanchester Eastside Common			28.4	70.1		1986	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004017,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Gog Magog Golf Course			86.3	213.1		1985	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002554,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Grafham Water Grafham Water Grafham Water is a reservoir with a circumference of about . It is located between the villages of Grafham and Perry in the English county of Cambridgeshire ....			811.9	2006.2		1986	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002330,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Great Stukeley Railway Cutting			35.6	88		1986	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000163,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Great Wilbraham Common			26.0	64.2		1983	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002271,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Hardwick Wood Hardwick Wood Hardwick Wood is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. It lies south-west of the village of Hardwick and east of Highfields in the county of Cambridgeshire and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific...

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Hayley Wood

Hayley Wood, in Cambridgeshire, is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough...

Histon Road

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Houghton Meadows

Houghton Meadows are managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. They lie east of the village of Houghton and south-west of St Ives in the county of Cambridgeshire, along the banks of the River Great Ouse, and have been...

K–Z

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area		Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Kingston Wood And Outliers

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L-moor, Shepreth

Shepreth L-moor is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. It has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and lies between the villages of Shepreth and Meldreth in the county of Cambridgeshire.- References...

Nene Washes

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Ouse Washes

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Overhall Grove

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Roswell Pits

Roswell Pits are managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. They lie east of the city of Ely in the county of Cambridgeshire, England and have been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.-History:The pits were a...

Southorpe Meadow

Southorpe Meadow is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. It lies south of the village of Southorpe in the unitary authority area of Peterborough and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.-...

Southorpe Paddock

Southorpe Paddock is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. It lies south of the village of Southorpe in the unitary authority area of Peterborough and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.-...

Traveller's Rest Pit

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Upwood Meadows

Upwood Meadows are owned and managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough Formerly jointly managed with Natural England...

Wansford Pasture

Wansford Pasture is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. It is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and lies to the west of the village of Wansford in the unitary authority area of Peterborough.-...

Wicken Fen

Wicken Fen is a wetland nature reserve situated near the village of Wicken, Cambridgeshire, England.It is one of Britain's oldest nature reserves, and was the first reserve acquired by the National Trust, in 1899. The reserve includes fenland, farmland, marsh, and reedbeds...

Woodwalton Marsh

Woodwalton Marsh is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. It is located north of the village of Wood Walton alongside the East Coast railway line.- References :-...

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