Bassenhally Pit

Bassenhally Pit
	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	Cambridgeshire
Grid reference	TL 286 985[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	8.6 hectares[1]
Notification	1984[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Bassenhally Pit is an 8.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire.[1][2]

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.[3]

The site is owned by the Whittlesey Wildfowlers and Conservationists, and there is no public access.

References

"Designated Sites View: Bassenhally Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
"Map of Bassenhally Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
"Bassenhally Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

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[dsv-1] "Designated Sites View: Bassenhally Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[map-2] "Map of Bassenhally Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[3] "Bassenhally Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.