Hulam Fen | |
Map: | United Kingdom County Durham |
Map Size: | 243 |
Relief: | 1 |
Location: | MAGiC MaP |
Nearest Town: | Hartlepool |
Coordinates: | 54.7303°N -1.3192°W |
Area Ha: | 0.2 |
Established: | 1986 |
Website: | Hulam Fen SSSI |
Hulam Fen is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of east County Durham, England, just south of the village of Hesleden, about 8 km north-west of Hartlepool.
Though small, the site supports a range of wetland and grassland communities in an area that is otherwise given over to arable agriculture. At the heart of the site is a hydrostatic spring that is fed by an aquifer in the underlying Magnesian Limestone and around which have developed soligenous mire, tall fen and marshy grassland.[1]