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Orwell Clunch Pit

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Orwell Clunch Pit is one of 89 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire. At 0.02 km², it is one of the smaller SSSIs in the county. The nearest railway station is Shepreth, about 3.7 km to the south-east. For more of the same, Barrington Chalk Pit and Therfield Heath are close by.

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