West Harting Down SSSI

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West Harting Down SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest
West Harting Down SSSI (1).jpg
Location West Sussex
Grid reference SU 761 179 [1]
InterestBiological
Area13.9 hectares (34 acres) [1]
Notification 1985 [1]
Location map Magic Map

West Harting Down SSSI is a 13.9-hectare (34-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of South Harting in West Sussex. [1] [2] It is part of the 317.9-hectare (786-acre) West Harting Down, which is owned and managed by Forestry England. [3] [4]

This is mainly mature yew forest on the chalk of the South Downs. There are also areas of chalk grassland with flora such as rock rose, carnation sedge, perforate St John’s wort and salad burnet, with grasses such as red fescue, tor-grass and common bent. [5]

The Sussex Border Path runs through West Harting Down close to the SSSI.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: West Harting Down". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. "Map of West Harting Down". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. "West Harting Down". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. "Mapping the habitats of England's ten largest institutional landowners". Who owns England?. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
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