Woodwalton Marsh
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationCambridgeshire
Grid referenceTL 211 812[1]
InterestBiological
Area0.8 hectares[1]
Notification1983[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Woodwalton Marsh is a 0.8-hectare (2.0-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Woodwalton in Cambridgeshire.[1][2] It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[3]

This grassland on calcareous clay has diverse flora, including red fescue, quaking grass, knapweed, cowslip, pepper saxifrage, green-winged orchid and the rare sulphur clover.[4] There is also a wide variety of butterflies.[3]

There is access from New Road.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Woodwalton Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of Woodwalton Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Woodwalton Marsh". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Woodwalton Marsh citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

52°24′54″N 0°13′16″W / 52.415°N 0.221°W / 52.415; -0.221

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