Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | West Sussex |
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Grid reference | TQ 384 265 [1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 17.0 hectares (42 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1999 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Freshfield Lane is a 17-hectare (42-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Haywards Heath in West Sussex. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]
This working quarry exposes rocks dating to formations in the Wealden Group of Lower Cretaceous age, around 140 to 113 million years ago. It is described by Natural England as "internationally important for palaeoenvironmental, provenance and palaeogeographical studies". [4]
There are footpaths around the boundaries of the two areas in the site.
Netherside Stream Outcrops is a 2.9-hectare (7.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Haslemere in Surrey. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Southerham Grey Pit is a 8.5-hectare (21-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Lewes in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Hastingford Cutting is a 0.04-hectare (0.099-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Crowborough in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Brede Pit and Cutting is a 0.6-hectare (1.5-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Brede in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Winchelsea Cutting is a 0.15-hectare (0.37-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Winchelsea in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Turners Hill SSSI is a 0.2-hectare (0.49-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Turners Hill in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
West Hoathly SSSI is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sharpthorne in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Stone Farm Rocks or Stone Hill Rocks is a 0.6-hectare (1.5-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of East Grinstead in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Stone SSSI is a 0.12-hectare (0.30-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Stone in Buckinghamshire. It is listed by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee as a Geological Conservation Review site.
Pembury Cutting and Pit is a 1.6-hectare (4.0-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Southborough Pit is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Tunbridge Wells in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Scaynes Hill is a 0.04-hectare (0.099-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Newick in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Coneyhurst Cutting is a 0.2-hectare (0.49-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Billingshurst in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Coppedhall Hanger is a 0.6-hectare (1.5-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Billingshurst in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Slinfold Stream and Quarry is a 2.3-hectare (5.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Horsham in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Chantry Mill is a 8.7-hectare (21-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Storrington in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Warnham SSSI is a 28.5-hectare (70-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Horsham in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Philpot's and Hook Quarries is a 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Sharpthorne in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Perry Copse Outcrop is a 0.2-hectare (0.49-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Fernhurst in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.