Chitty's Common

Chitty's Common
Chitty's Common
Type	Nature reserve
Location	Guildford, Surrey
OS grid	SU 979 524
Area	5 hectares (12 acres)
Managed by	Surrey Wildlife Trust

Last updated July 16, 2023

Chitty's Common is a 5-hectare (12-acre) nature reserve in Guildford in Surrey. It is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.^[1]

This urban common has wet and dry woodland, grassland, ponds and ditches. There are large amounts of dead wood which provide a habitat for invertebrates such as stag beetles. The grassland has many butterflies such as commas, red admirals and peacocks.^[1]

There is access from Keens Lane and Rydes Hill Road.^[1]

Other nearby commons include; Whitmoor Common, Littlefield Common and Broadstreet Common.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 "Chitty's Common". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
↑ Trust, Woodland. "Worplesdon Commons - Chitty's Common". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

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[SWT-1] 1 2 3 "Chitty's Common". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[2] Trust, Woodland. "Worplesdon Commons - Chitty's Common". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

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Croydon	Dollypers Hill
Epsom and Ewell	Howell Hill Priest Hill
Guildford	Ash Ranges Broadstreet, Backside and Rydes Commons Burner's Heath and Swallows Pond Chinthurst Hill Chitty's Common Colekitchen Down The Forest and the Highlands Hackhurst Downs Littlefield Common Middlebriars Wood Newlands Corner Papercourt Marshes Pucks Oak Barn and McAlmont Reserves Puttenham Common Sheepleas Shere Woodlands St Martha's Hill and Colyer's Hanger Stringer's Common Whitmoor and Rickford Commons Wisley and Ockham Commons and Chatley Heath
Mole Valley	Ashtead Park Betchworth Quarry and Lime Kilns Brockham Limeworks Deepdene Terrace Fraser Down Glory Wood and Devil's Den Milton Heath and The Nower Newdigate Brickworks Norbury Park Nower Wood Vann Lake and Candy's Copse Wallis Wood White Downs Wotton and Abinger Commons
Reigate and Banstead	Dawcombe Fames Rough Nutfield Marshes Shabden Park
Runnymede	Thorpe Hay Meadow
Surrey Heath	Barossa Bisley and West End Commons and Reidon Hill Brentmoor Heath and Folly Bog Chobham Common Gracious Pond Milford Green and Coxhill Green Poors Allotment
Tandridge	Bay Pond Blindley Heath Graeme Hendrey Wood Hedgecourt Hill Park Kitchen Copse Ledgers Wood Quarry Hangers Staffhurst Wood Tilburstow Hill
Waverley	Crooksbury Hill Cucknell's Wood Elstead Group of Commons Rodborough Common Runfold Wood Seale Chalk Pit and Meadow Thundry Meadows Underdown
Woking	Brookwood Lye Manor Farm