Isleham Nature Reserve

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Isleham Nature Reserve
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Isleham Nature Reserve
TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationIsleham, Cambridgeshire
OS grid TL 637 726
Area1.1 hectares
Managed byCambridgeshire County Council and Friends of Isleham Nature Reserves

Isleham Nature Reserve is a 1.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Isleham in Cambridgeshire. It is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council and managed by the council together with the Friends of Isleham Nature Reserves. [1] [2]

The site is a stretch of a former railway line. It is grassland and hedgerows with a wide variety of fauna and flora. There are flowering plants such as field scabious, greater knapweed, St John's wort, wild marjoram and bladder campion. [1]

There is access from Fordham Road.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Isleham". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. "Map of Isleham". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2016.

Coordinates: 52°19′41″N0°24′07″E / 52.328°N 0.402°E / 52.328; 0.402