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A large part of the county is in The Fens, and drainage of this habitat, which was probably commenced in the Roman period and largely completed by the seventeenth century, considerably increased the area available for agriculture. [1] The administrative county was formed in 1974, incorporating most of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. [1]
Holme Fen is a 269.4-hectare (666-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Holme in Cambridgeshire. [1] [2] It is also a National Nature Reserve [3] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [4] It is part of the Great Fen project, which aims to create a 3,700-hectare wetland wildlife area including Holme Fen, Woodwalton Fen and other areas. [5]
A list of national nature reserves in Cambridge: [1] Barnack Hills & Holes NNR, 22 hectares (54 acres) near Stamford; Bedford Purlieus NNR, 208 hectares (510 acres) near Kings Cliffe; Castor Hanglands NNR, 90 hectares (220 acres) near Peterborough; Chippenham Fen NNR, 117 hectares (290 acres) near Newmarket; Holme Fen NNR, 266 hectares (660 ...
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire (101 P) Pages in category "Nature reserves in Cambridgeshire" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Ring's End is an 11 hectare Local Nature Reserve which runs south from the hamlet of Ring's End towards March in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire. It is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council, [1] [2] and managed by the Friends of Ring's End Nature Reserve Group. Ring's End is known as a 'post-industrial habitat' since it is reclaimed industrial ...
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire (WTBCN) is a registered charity which manages 126 nature reserves covering 3,945 hectares (15.23 square miles). It has over 35,000 members, and 95% of people in Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire live within five miles of a reserve.
Wicken Fen is a 254.5-hectare (629-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. [1] [3] It is also a National Nature Reserve, [4] and a Nature Conservation Review site. [5]
Hayley Wood is a 51.7-hectare (128-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Great Gransden in Cambridgeshire. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, [3] and it is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.