Woodwalton Fen

Woodwalton Fen
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Gordon's Mere, Woodwalton Fen
LocationCambridgeshire
Grid referenceTL 229 844[1]
InterestBiological
Area209 hectares[1]
Notification1985[1]
Location mapMagic Map
Designations
Official nameWoodwalton Fen
Designated12 September 1995
Reference no.753[2]

Woodwalton Fen is a 209-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the parish of Woodwalton, west of Ramsey in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England.[1][3] It is a Ramsar wetland site of international importance,[4] a National Nature Reserve,[5] a Special Area of Conservation[6][7] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[8] The site is managed by Natural England[9] and owned by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Woodwalton Fen". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Woodwalton Fen". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Map of Woodwalton Fen". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS): Woodwalton Fen" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Cambridgeshire's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Fenland SAC". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Fenland SAC (Woodwalton Fen, Wicken Fen & Chippenham Fen)" (PDF). Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  8. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 211. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  9. ^ "Visit Woodwalton Fen". Great Fen. Retrieved 13 December 2016.