| Upware Bridge Pit North | |
| Aos: | Cambridgeshire |
| Interest: | Geological |
| Area: | 2.5 hectares |
| Notifydate: | 1987 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Upware Bridge Pit North is a 2.5hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest northwest of Wicken in Cambridgeshire.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This site shows exposes rocks of Oxfordian age, around 160 million years old, formed when the area was in a sea connected to the Tethys Ocean; it has many Tethyan invertebrate fossils. It is described by Natural England as "an essential site for the study of Oxfordian palaeontology and palaeogeography in the English midlands".[4]
The site is a working quarry. There is no public access, but there is a viewing platform. The Fen Rivers Way passes the site.