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Dogsthorpe Star Pit

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Dogsthorpe Star Pit is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire, covering 0.36 km². It is one of 89 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. Nene Washes and Castor Flood Meadows are among the SSSIs within 10 km. The closest station is Peterborough, about 4.1 km to the south-west.

More places to visit near Dogsthorpe Star Pit

Photo of Flag Fen Archaeology Park, a visitor attraction near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Flag Fen Archaeology Park

Attraction near Peterborough

Bronze Age timber causeway preserved in the Peterborough peat, with a reconstructed roundhouse and a museum of fenland finds.

4.1 km S

Photo of Peterborough Cathedral, a cathedral in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Peterborough Cathedral

Cathedral near Peterborough

Dramatic Norman nave and painted timber ceiling.

4.4 km SW

Photo of the River Nene, a 91-mile river navigation running from Northampton to near Wisbech, England.Highlight

River Nene

River navigation

Guillotine-gated locks and water meadows from Northampton to Peterborough, where the Nene slips out into the Fens.

4.7 km S · Northamptonshire & Cambridgeshire

Photo of Longthorpe Tower, a landmark near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Longthorpe Tower

Landmark near Peterborough

A 14th-century fortified tower on the edge of Peterborough, famous for the most complete set of domestic medieval wall paintings in England.

6.5 km SW

Photo of Nene Park, a country park near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Nene Park

Country park near Peterborough

A country park in Cambridgeshire.

7.4 km SW

Photo of Trinity Bridge, a landmark near Crowland, Lincolnshire, central England.Highlight

Trinity Bridge

Landmark near Crowland

Strange three-way medieval bridge stranded in the streets of Crowland, built over long-vanished channels of the fen rivers.

8.1 km N