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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Sawston Hall Meadows

Sawston Hall Meadows is a 7.4-hectare (18-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sawston in Cambridgeshire.

This site has spring fed peat meadows on chalk, a habitat formerly common but now rare. It has the nationally rare flower Selinum carvifolia, which is only found in Cambridgeshire. Drier grassland has a varied flora including spotted-orchid.

The site is private land with no public access.

References

  1. ^ "Designated Sites View: Sawston Hall Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Map of Sawston Hall Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Sawston Hall Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

52°07′08″N 0°10′34″E / 52.119°N 0.176°E / 52.119; 0.176