Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Cambridgeshire |
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Grid reference | TL 136 664 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 67.9 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1983 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Perry Woods is a 67.9-hectare (168-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire. It is composed of three woods, the larger Perry West Wood and the smaller Perry Wood and Ash Wood. [1] [2]
These ancient woods are of the ash/maple type, an increasingly scarce habitat over its range in lowland England. The rich ground flora includes plants indicative of ancient woodland such as wood melick and early-purple orchid. A system of rides provides valuable habitats for invertebrates. [3]
There is access to Perry West Wood from a footpath along its northern boundary.