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Skaters' Meadow
TypeNature reserve
LocationCambridge
OS gridTL440569
Area2 hectares
Managed byWildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

Skaters' Meadow is a 2-hectare (4.9-acre) nature reserve in Cambridge. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

The meadow is flower-rich wet grassland. Flora include common spotted orchids, cuckooflowers, meadowsweets, marsh-marigolds and ragged-robins. There are also grass snakes and birds such as blackcaps.

There is no access to the site, but it can be viewed from the road called Grantchester Meadows.

References

  1. ^ "Skaters' Meadow". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

52°11′31″N 0°06′18″E / 52.192°N 0.105°E / 52.192; 0.105

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