Bassenhally Pit
Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire, England
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Bassenhally Pit is an 8.6-hectare (21-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire.[1][2]
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| |
| Location | Cambridgeshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 286 985[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 8.6 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1984[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
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.
