Sawston Hall Meadows
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Cambridgeshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 491 490[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 7.4 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1982[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Sawston Hall Meadows is a 7.4-hectare (18-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sawston in Cambridgeshire.[1][2]
This site has spring fed peat meadows on chalk, a habitat formerly common but now rare. It has the nationally rare flower Selinum carvifolia, which is only found in Cambridgeshire. Drier grassland has a varied flora including spotted-orchid.[3]
The site is private land with no public access.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sawston Hall Meadows.
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Sawston Hall Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Map of Sawston Hall Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Sawston Hall Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2016.