Sullington Warren

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Sullington Warren
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location West Sussex
Grid reference TQ 097 144 [1]
InterestBiological
Area24.7 hectares (61 acres) [1]
Notification 16985 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Sullington Warren is a 24.7-hectare (61-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Storrington in West Sussex. [1] [2] The site includes several tumuli which are Scheduled Monuments. [3] [4]

It is owned by the National Trust. [5] The National Trust initially purchased 28 acres of land in 1935, with funds raised via a public subscription. Chanctonbury District Council acquired the remaining 35 acres in 1959. Their successor, Horsham District Council, gifted the 35 acres to the National Trust in 1985. [5]

Most of this site is dry heath, but there are also areas of wet heath, scrub, bracken, woodland and grassland. Fauna include adders, lizards [5] and insects such as the Sulligton Crane fly. [6] Flora on the wet heath includes hare's-tail cottongrass and the insectivorous round-leaved sundew. Woodland birds include all three British species of woodpecker, treecreepers, long-tailed tits, nuthatches, nightingales and kestrels. [7]

Located on site are the remains of a 19th-century windmill on the south side of the Warren. [8] The windmill was destroyed by a fire in 1911. [5]

There is access to the site from Water Lane. [9]

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