| Bassenhally Pit | |
| Aos: | Cambridgeshire |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Area: | 8.6 hectares |
| Notifydate: | 1984 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Bassenhally Pit is an 8.6hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire.[1] [2]
This former gravel quarry has diverse habitats, such as a pond, marshes, grassland, scrub and woodland. The marsh is a nationally scarce habitat, and it has plants including jointed rush, creeping bent, lesser water-plantain, early marsh-orchid and water violet.[3]
The site is owned by the Whittlesey Wildfowlers and Conservationists, and there is no public access.