Colekitchen Down | |
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Type | Nature reserve |
Location | Gomshall, Surrey |
OS grid | TQ084488 |
Area | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) |
Managed by | Surrey Wildlife Trust |
Colekitchen Down is a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) nature reserve north of Gomshall in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. [1]
This sloping area of species-rich unimproved chalk grassland is surrounded by woodland and scrub. There is a variety of butterflies including chalkhill blue, small heath, adonis blue, gatekeeper, brimstone and marbled white. [1]
There is no public access.
Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) was founded in 1959 as Surrey Naturalists' Trust and it is one of forty-six wildlife trusts covering Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Alderney. SWT carries out conservation activities on a considerable area of Surrey County Council's large countryside estate and also manages land on behalf of the Ministry of Defence estate. As of 2022 the SWT manages more than 6,000 hectares of land for wildlife and employs more than 100 staff. It had an income of £5.1 million and expenditure of £5.7 million.
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