Levin Down

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Levin Down
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Levin Down - geograph.org.uk - 1498507.jpg
Location West Sussex
Grid reference SU 886 136 [1]
InterestBiological
Area25.6 hectares (63 acres) [1]
Notification 1987 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Levin Down is a 25.6-hectare (63-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Midhurst in West Sussex. [1] [2] It is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. [3]

This is an area of chalk grassland and heath on the slope of the South Downs. The chalk turf has a rich variety of flora, such as autumn gentian, salad burnet, round-headed rampion, autumn lady’s tresses, eyebright, glaucous sedge and quaking grass. [4]

There is access by a footpath from Charlton.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Levin Down". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Map of Levin Down". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Levin Down". Sussex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Levin Down citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

50°54′54″N0°44′28″W / 50.915°N 0.741°W / 50.915; -0.741

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