🦎 Cherry Hinton Pit

United Kingdom · Europe · Nature Reserve · 52.18°N, 0.17°E

Cherry Hinton Pit is a 12.8-hectare (32-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the south-eastern outskirts of Cambridge. The site consists of East Pit and most of the smaller West Pit. East Pit is part of the Limekiln Close and East Pit Local Nature Reserve, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire under the name Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits. West Pit is a separate Local Nature Reserve (LNR).

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	52.18°N, 0.17°E · view on map

Cherry Hinton Pit is a nature reserve in United Kingdom, in Europe. The details of why Cherry Hinton Pit is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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