Snailwell Meadows

{{Short description|Meadow in the United Kingdom}}

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|name= Snailwell Meadows

|aos= Cambridgeshire

|interest=Biological

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|area= 14.8 hectares

|notifydate= 1985

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002236%27 Magic Map]

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Snailwell Meadows is a {{convert|14.8|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Snailwell in Cambridgeshire.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002236&SiteName=snailwell&countyCode=&responsiblePerson= |title=Designated Sites View: Snailwell Meadows | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 6 November 2016}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002236%27|title=Map of Snailwell Meadows|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 6 November 2016}}

The meadows are on peat overlying spring-fed chalk, with a variety of soil conditions. Some areas are dry calcareous pasture, and others are wet neutral and marshy acidic grassland. Herbs include wild angelica, marsh valerian and fen bedstraw, and the nationally rare umbellifer Cambridge milk-parsley is also present.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002236.pdf|title=Snailwell Meadows citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=6 November 2016|archive-date=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024202414/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002236.pdf|url-status=dead}}

The site is private land with no public access.