Grid reference TF 117 016 Location map Magic Map Area of search Cambridgeshire | Interest Biological Area 90 ha Notification 1986 | |
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Address Upton, Peterborough PE6 7EL, UK Similar Barnack Hills & Holes Nat, Bedford Purlieus National, Brampton Wood, Holme Fen, Woodwalton Fen | ||
Castor Hanglands is an 89.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The site is also a National Nature Reserve, and it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I for its woodlands and Grade 2 for its grassland. It is common land managed by Natural England.
This site has ancient ash and maple woodland, unimproved grassland and scrub. The site is described by Natural England as valuable for invertebrates, including some nationally uncommon species. There are also ponds and ditches which have a variety of aquatic fauna including the warty newt.
There is access by going south along Heath Road from Helpston, going straight on at the crossroads and then along a track westward to the reserve.