West Pit

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West Pit
TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationCherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire
OS grid TL 484 558
Area4.3 hectares
Managed byCambridge City Council

West Pit is a 4.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Cherry Hinton, on the south-eastern outskirts of Cambridge. [1] It is part of the Cherry Hinton Pit biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), which includes the neighbouring East Pit. [2] [3]

This former chalk quarry is now steeply sloping woodland with a caravan park in the centre. The woodland has been designated an SSSI due to the presence of a plant on the British Red List of Threatened Species, the moon carrot. [1] [2]

The site has been designated a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) by Cambridge City Council, which shows it as one LNR [1] and East Pit and Limekiln Close as another LNR. [4] However, the LNRs are confused on the Natural England website. One is shown as Limekiln Close and West Pit on the details page, [5] but the map only covers Limekiln Close. [6] The other LNR is shown on the details page as East Pit, [7] whereas the map covers both East and West Pits. [8]

There is access to the site from the entrance to the caravan park on Limekiln Road.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "West Pit". Cambridge City Council. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Cherry Hinton Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Map of Cherry Hinton Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Limekiln Close and East Pit local nature reserve". Cambridge City Council. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Limekiln Close and West Pit". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Map of Limekiln Close and West Pit". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "East Pit". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Map of East Pit". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 15 January 2017.

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