Lingfield Cernes

Lingfield Cernes
	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	Surrey
Grid reference	TQ 421 447 [1]
Interest	Biological
Area	10.3 hectares (25 acres) [1]
Notification	1985 [1]
Location map	Magic Map

Last updated April 18, 2019

Lingfield Cernes is a 10.3-hectare (25-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Lingfield in Surrey.^[1]^[2]

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including national nature reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced "triple-S I".

Lingfield is a village, civil parish and post town in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England. Lingfield Park is home to horse racing across a large catchment from Folkestone to Epsom. Lingfield is centred 23.4 miles (37.7 km) south of London and lies to the east of the A22 where it runs between Godstone and East Grinstead. The village has a medieval church that is Grade I listed, timber-frame architecture from the Tudor period and century before and a punishment cage, last used in 1882 to hold a poacher, made in 1773.

Surrey is a subdivision of the English region of South East England in the United Kingdom. A historic and ceremonial county, Surrey is also one of the home counties. The county borders Kent to the east, East Sussex and West Sussex to the south, Hampshire to the west, Berkshire to the northwest, and Greater London to the northeast.

This site has unimproved meadows which are poorly drained and there are a number of uncommon plants, including two which are nationally scarce, true fox-sedge and narrow-leaved water dropwort. The site also has species-rich mature hedgerows and aquatic plants in ditches which run into the Eden Brook, which runs along the northern boundary.^[3]

The site is private land but it is crossed by public footpaths.

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References

1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Lingfield Cernes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
↑ "Map of Lingfield Cernes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
↑ "Lingfield Cernes citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

Coordinates: 51°06′30″N0°01′55″W / 51.1084°N 0.032°W / 51.1084; -0.032

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[dsv-1] 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Lingfield Cernes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[map-2] "Map of Lingfield Cernes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[3] "Lingfield Cernes citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 28 December 2018.