Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Cambridgeshire |
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Grid reference | TL 491 490 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 7.4 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1982 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Sawston Hall Meadows is a 7.4-hectare (18-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sawston in Cambridgeshire. [1] [2]
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. [3]
The site is private land with no public access.