Blindley Heath SSSI

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Blindley Heath
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Site of Special Scientific Interest at Blindley Heath - geograph.org.uk - 3494533.jpg
Location Surrey
Grid reference TQ 367 448 [1]
InterestBiological
Area26.3 hectares (65 acres) [1]
Notification 1984 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Blindley Heath SSSI is a 26.3-hectare (65-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the hamlet Blindley Heath, on the southern outskirts of Godstone in Surrey. [1] [2] It is also a Local Nature Reserve. [3] [4] It is owned by Godstone Parish Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust [5]

This damp grassland site on Weald Clay has a rich flora. There are also a number of ponds and a stretch of the Ray Brook runs through the heath. The grassland is dominated by tussock grass and there are scattered oaks, hawthorns, willows and blackthorns. [6]

There is access from Ray Lane.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Blindley Heath". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Blindley Heath". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Blindley Heath". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Map of Blindley Heath". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Blindley Heath". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Blindley Heath citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

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