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Wavendon Heath Ponds

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SP931339

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Bedfordshire

Interest
  
Biological

Area
  
5 ha

Notification
  
1986

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Wavendon Heath Ponds is a 4.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Aspley Heath in Bedfordshire. It was notified in 1986 under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and the local planning authority is Central Bedfordshire Council.

The site is acidic mire. It has three ponds which have unusual plant communities, two unimproved meadows, some damp birch woodland and a small stream.

The site is at the southern end of Aspley Woods (also known as New Wavendon Heath), and there is access from Church Road and by footpaths through the woods from Aspley Heath.

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Wavendon Heath Ponds Wikipedia