| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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 Location of Bassenhally Pit. | |
| Area of search | Cambridgeshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 286 985 |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 8.6 hectares |
| Notification date | 1984 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Bassenhally Pit is an 8.6-hectare (21-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire.
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.
The site is owned by the Whittlesey Wildfowlers and Conservationists, and there is no public access.
