Little Paxton Wood
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Cambridgeshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 168 636[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 44.1 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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Little Paxton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Map of Little Paxton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "'God's acres': the land owned by the Church Commissioners". Who owns England?.
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