Upware North Pit
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Upware North Pit is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire.[1][2]
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Location | Cambridgeshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 544 727[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 1.1 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1985[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
This site has several flooded pits with areas of willow and hawthorn. It is one of only two British sites which has water germander, a plant listed in the British Red Data Books of threatened species. Other unusual aquatic plants are great water dock and greater pond sedge.[3]
There is access to the site from the Fen Rivers Way north of Upware.
