Snailwell Meadows Explained

Snailwell Meadows
Aos:Cambridgeshire
Interest:Biological
Area:14.8 hectares
Notifydate:1985
Map: Magic Map

Snailwell Meadows is a 14.8hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Snailwell in Cambridgeshire.[1] [2]

The meadows are on peat overlying spring-fed chalk, with a variety of soil conditions. Some areas are dry calcareous pasture, and others are wet neutral and marshy acidic grassland. Herbs include wild angelica, marsh valerian and fen bedstraw, and the nationally rare umbellifer Cambridge milk-parsley is also present.[3]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

52.284°N 0.4°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Snailwell Meadows . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 November 2016.
  2. Web site: Map of Snailwell Meadows. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 November 2016.
  3. Web site: Snailwell Meadows citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 November 2016. 24 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024202414/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002236.pdf. dead.