Little Paxton Wood

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Little Paxton Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Little Paxton Wood 2.jpg
Area of Search Cambridgeshire
Grid reference TL 168 636 [1]
InterestBiological
Area44.1 hectares [1]
Notification 1989 [1]
Location map Magic 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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?.

Coordinates: 52°15′29″N0°17′24″W / 52.258°N 0.290°W / 52.258; -0.290