Castor Hanglands National Nature Reserve

Nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, England

Castor Hanglands
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Location	Cambridgeshire
Grid reference	TF 117 016
Interest	Biological
Area	89.8 hectares
Notification	1986
Location map	Magic Map

Castor Hanglands is an 89.8-hectare (222-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The site is also a National Nature Reserve, and it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I for its woodlands and Grade 2 for its grassland. It is common land managed by Natural England.

The location features ancient ash and maple woodland, unimproved grassland and scrub, and is further described by Natural England as valuable for invertebrates, including some nationally uncommon species. Among the rare plants found here are crested cow-wheat, lesser water-plantain, man orchid and narrow-leaved water dropwort. Woodland butterflies present include silver-washed fritillary, purple hairstreak and white admiral. There are also ponds and ditches which have a variety of aquatic fauna including the Great Crested Newt.

There is access by going south along Heath Road from Helpston, going straight on at the crossroads and then along a track westward to the reserve.

References

^ "Designated Sites View: Castor Hanglands SSSI". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
"Map of Castor Hanglands". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
"Cambridgeshire's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 57–58, 141. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
"Castor Hanglands NNR". Natural England. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
"Castor Hanglands". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
"Cambridgeshire's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
"Castor Hanglands citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
"Castor Hanglands". Helpston.net. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

52°36′04″N 0°21′07″W / 52.601°N 0.352°W / 52.601; -0.352

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