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Snailwell Meadows

Coordinates: 52°17′02″N 0°24′00″E / 52.284°N 0.4°E / 52.284; 0.4
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Snailwell Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationCambridgeshire
Grid referenceTL 638 678[1]
InterestBiological
Area14.8 hectares[1]
Notification1985[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Snailwell Meadows is a 14.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Snailwell in Cambridgeshire.[1][2]

The meadows are on peat overlying spring-fed chalk, with a variety of soil conditions. Some areas are dry calcareous pasture, and others are wet neutral and marshy acidic grassland. Herbs include wild angelica, marsh valerian and fen bedstraw, and the nationally rare umbellifer Cambridge milk-parsley is also present.[3]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Snailwell Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Map of Snailwell Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Snailwell Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

52°17′02″N 0°24′00″E / 52.284°N 0.4°E / 52.284; 0.4