Description
Arising FROM the rubble of a mediaeval quarry, Barnack Hills and Holes is one of Britains most important wildlife sites. Covering an area of just 22 hectares (50 acres), the grassy slopes are home to a profusion of wild flowers. This type of meadowland covered in wild flowers is now all too rare: half of the surviving limestone grassland in Cambridgeshire is found at the Hills and Holes. The area became a National Nature Reserve in 1976, and in 2002 it was designated as a Special Area for Conservation, to protect the orchid rich grassland as part of the Natura 2000 series of special wildlife sites throughout Europe.
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Barnack Hills & Holes National Nature Reserve
Barnack Hills & Holes National Nature Reserve, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire,