- Dogsthorpe Star Pit
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Dogsthorpe Star Pit nature reserve, 2004
Dogsthorpe Star Pit is managed as a nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest[1] by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough, a charity formed in 1994. It is located north-east of Dogsthorpe and west of the village of Eye in the unitary authority area of Peterborough in the United Kingdom.
The brick pit was excavated to produce clay and has since developed into an important wildlife site. Many of Peterborough’s old clay pits have been used for landfill, but the discovery of the wildlife value of these pits has helped to secure their future as a nature reserves.[2]
References
- ^ Dogsthorpe Star Pit SSSI Natural England (retrieved 25 May 2008), notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
- ^ Peterborough Facts and Figures Environmental — Natural Environment Nature Reserves (Sheet No. NE1.1) Peterborough City Council, September 2006
See also
External links
Dogsthorpe Star Pit, Little Wood and Eye Green
Coordinates: 52°36′39″N 0°12′28″W / 52.610758°N 0.207794°W
Categories:- Cambridgeshire geography stubs
- Nature reserves in Cambridgeshire
- Geography of Cambridgeshire
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire
- Geography of Peterborough
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