Shippea Hill

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Shippea Hill is one of 89 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire. Other SSSIs nearby include Breckland Farmland, Maidscross Hill and RAF Lakenheath. Shippea Hill Station is under a kilometre away.

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