Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Surrey |
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Grid reference | TQ 236 501 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 61.7 hectares (152 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1986 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Reigate Heath is a 61.7-hectare (152-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Reigate in Surrey. [1] [2] An area of 51.6 hectares (128 acres) is also a Local Nature Reserve. [3] [4] Seven bowl barrows dating to the Bronze Age are designated Scheduled Monuments. [5]
Most of the site is heath and acidic grassland, with some areas of woodland and marshy meadow. One part is a golf course. The heath is mainly ling, bell heather and wavy hair-grass. Marshy meadows have Yorkshire fog, sharp-flowered rush, meadowsweet, wild angelica and marsh marigold. [6]
There is public access to most of the site apart from the golf course.
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Surrey |
---|---|
Grid reference | TQ 236 501 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 61.7 hectares (152 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1986 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Reigate Heath is a 61.7-hectare (152-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Reigate in Surrey. [1] [2] An area of 51.6 hectares (128 acres) is also a Local Nature Reserve. [3] [4] Seven bowl barrows dating to the Bronze Age are designated Scheduled Monuments. [5]
Most of the site is heath and acidic grassland, with some areas of woodland and marshy meadow. One part is a golf course. The heath is mainly ling, bell heather and wavy hair-grass. Marshy meadows have Yorkshire fog, sharp-flowered rush, meadowsweet, wild angelica and marsh marigold. [6]
There is public access to most of the site apart from the golf course.