Eye Gravel Pit

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Eye Gravel Pit is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire. It is one of 89 SSSIs in the county. It is the smallest of them.

For more of the same, Nene Washes and Castor Flood Meadows are close by. The nearest railway station is Peterborough, about 6.5 km to the south-west.

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