Coldham's Common Explained

Coldham's Common is a 49.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Cambridge. It is owned and managed by Cambridge City Council.^{[1] [2]}

This site has areas of unimproved grassland, which have anthills of yellow meadow ants.^[1] There is also scrub and woodland. Flora include spiny rest harrow, upright brome and bee orchid.^[3]

There is access from Coldham's Lane.

History

Coldham's Green was marked on a field map of 1300, and by 1700 it had become a Green Common. In the 19th century a rifle range was built there, but this was soon displaced by a new railway line to Newmarket.^[4]

External links

• Friends of Coldham's Common

52.206°N 0.153°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coldham's Common. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 20 February 2013. 26 October 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816121940/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=5&N=&ID=1716. 16 August 2016.
2. Web site: Map of Coldham's Common . Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 26 October 2016.
3. Web site: Coldham's Common. Cambridge City Council. 26 October 2016.
4. Coldham’s Common Management Plan 2016 – 2026, Cambridge City Council 2016, accessed 2024-10-17