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Godmanchester Eastside Common

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Godmanchester Eastside Common, ridge and furrow 3
Godmanchester Eastside Common, ridge and furrow 3

Godmanchester Eastside Common is a 29.7-hectare (73-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire. The site is registered common land.There are two fields, with a disused railway line separating them. The habitats are calcareous loam and calcareous clay, both of which are unusual, and there are diverse grass species, such as crested hair-grass and meadow oat grass. The southern field has lines of medieval ridge and furrow.There is access from Common Lane.

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Godmanchester Eastside Common
Cow Lane, Huntingdonshire

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PE28 2AA Huntingdonshire
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The Manor (Cambridgeshire)
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