Little Paxton Wood

Little Paxton Wood
	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	Cambridgeshire
Grid reference	TL 168 636 [1]
Interest	Biological
Area	44.1 hectares[1]
Notification	1989[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Little Paxton Wood is a 44.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Little Paxton in Cambridgeshire.^[1]^[2]

This ancient wood is wet ash and maple on heavy calcareous clay, with seasonally waterlogged soils, and it has an extremely diverse flora. A double bank and ditch has wood melick, sweet violet and the nationally restricted spiked star-of-Bethlehem.^[3]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Little Paxton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
↑ "Map of Little Paxton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
↑ "Little Paxton Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

Coordinates: 52°15′29″N 0°17′24″W / 52.258°N 0.290°W / 52.258; -0.290

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[dsv-1] 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Little Paxton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[map-2] "Map of Little Paxton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[3] "Little Paxton Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.