Moorend Common

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Moorend Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Moorend Common - geograph.org.uk - 1113623.jpg
Location Buckinghamshire
Grid reference SU802905
InterestBiological
Area28.0 hectares
Notification 1985
Location map Magic Map

Moorend Common is a 28-hectare (69-acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest in the hamlet Moor End, west of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. [1] [2] It is in the Chilterns Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it is owned and managed by Lane End Parish Council. [3]

The site is on London Clay, which is unusual for the Chilterns, and the soil is acid and sometimes waterlogged. Habitats are grassland, heath, woodland, marsh and scrub. A stream ends in a swallow-hole called Gubbins Hole. There are three types of woodland, beech, oak and birch, and a small area planted with larch and pine, with ground flora of bracken and bramble. Marshy areas have heath spotted orchid and bog mosses. [1]

There is access from Church Road, which passes through the site. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Moorend Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Map of Moorend Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. "Moorend Common". Chilterns Conservation Board. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

Coordinates: 51°36′29″N0°50′33″W / 51.608076°N 0.842541°W / 51.608076; -0.842541