Charleshill SSSI

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Charleshill
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Charleshill SSSI 13.jpg
Location Surrey
Grid reference SU 895 440 [1]
InterestBiological
Area10.1 hectares (25 acres) [1]
Notification 1988 [1]
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Charleshill SSSI is a 10.1-hectare (25-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Elstead in Surrey. [1] [2] It is part of Thundry Meadows nature reserve, which is owned and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust [3]

This site has wet and dry meadows with a very wet area which has quaking mire. The mire is dominated by bottle sedge, marsh cinquefoil and bog-bean, together with white sedge in the wettest part. There is also some wet woodland. [4]

There is access from Farnham Road.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Charleshill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. "Map of Charleshill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. "Thundry Meadows". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. "Charleshill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

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