Little Paxton Wood

Little Paxton Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationCambridgeshire
Grid referenceTL 168 636[1]
InterestBiological
Area44.1 hectares[1]
Notification1989[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Little Paxton Wood is a 44.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Little Paxton in Cambridgeshire.[1][2]

This ancient wood is wet ash and maple on heavy calcareous clay, with seasonally waterlogged soils, and it has an extremely diverse flora. A double bank and ditch has wood melick, sweet violet and the nationally restricted spiked star-of-Bethlehem.[3]

The site is private land owned by the Church Commissioners, with no public access.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Little Paxton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Map of Little Paxton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Little Paxton Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  4. ^ "'God's acres': the land owned by the Church Commissioners". Who owns England?.
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