Waresley and Gransden Woods
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Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Cambridgeshire |
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Grid reference | TL 262 548[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 54.2 hectares[1] |
Notification | 1983[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Waresley and Gransden Woods is a 50-hectare (120-acre) nature reserve between Waresley and Great Gransden in Cambridgeshire, England. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. The site is a 54.2-hectare (134-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest called Waresley Wood, with slightly different boundaries (but including Gransden Wood).[2][1][3]
This ancient woodland is mainly ash, field maple and hazel. There are also rides with diverse flora such as the herbs bush vetch, meadowsweet, greater burnet-saxifrage and self-heal.[4]
There is access by a path from Waresley Road.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Waresley Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "Waresley and Gransden Woods". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "Map of Waresley Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "Waresley Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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