Surrey Wildlife Trust

Brockham Limeworks

Brockham Limeworks

Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) was founded in 1959 as Surrey Naturalists' Trust and it is one of forty-six wildlife trusts covering Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Alderney. SWT carries out conservation activities on a considerable area of Surrey County Council's large countryside estate and also manages land on behalf of the Ministry of Defence estate. As of 2022 the SWT manages more than Template:Convert of land for wildlife and employs more than 100 staff. It had an income of £5.1 million and expenditure of £5.7 million.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As of April 2022 the SWT manages sixty-eight nature reserves.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn Thirty-one are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, nine are Special Protection Areas, eight are Special Areas of Conservation, one is a national nature reserve, twelve are local nature reserves, four are Nature Conservation Review sites, two are Geological Conservation Reviews, five include scheduled monuments and two are listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

Surrey is a county in South East England. It has an area of Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> and an estimated population of 1.19 million as of 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is bordered by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. Its top level of government is provided by Surrey County Council and the lower level by eleven boroughs and districts, Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley and Woking.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Key

Public access

• FP = public access to footpaths through the site
• No = No public access
• PL = public access at limited times
• PP = public access to part of the site
• Yes = public access to the whole or most of the site

Classifications

• GCR = Geological Conservation Review
• LNR = Local nature reserve
• NCR = Nature Conservation Review
• NNR = National nature reserve
• RHPG = Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest
• SAC = Special Area of Conservation
• SM = Scheduled monument
• SPA = Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds
• SSSI = Site of Special Scientific Interest

Sites

Site	Photograph	AreaTemplate:Efn	LocationTemplate:Efn	Public access	Classifications	Description
Template:Anchor Ash Ranges<ref name=ash>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Ash Ranges	Template:Convert	Pirbright Template:Coord {{#if: SU936529 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU936529 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU936529 |name=}}}}	PL	SPA,<ref name=SPATB>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This large area of dry heath provides a habitat for many rare plants, invertebrates and reptiles. There are flora such as bell heather, early-purple orchid and the carnivorous round-leaved sundew, and heath tiger and green tiger beetles, while birds include nightjars, woodlarks and Dartford warblers.<ref name=ash/>
Ashtead Park<ref name=asht>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Ashtead Park	Template:Convert	Ashtead Template:Coord {{#if: TQ192587 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ192587 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ192587 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> RHPG<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The nature reserve was formerly part of the park of Ashtead House. It is mainly woodland on heavy London Clay and it has two ponds. Fauna include the broad-bodied chaser and emperor dragonflies and common blue damselfly.<ref name=asht/>
Template:AnchorBarossa<ref name=bar>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Barossa	Template:Convert	Camberley Template:Coord {{#if: SU875621 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU875621 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU875621 |name=}}}}	YES	SPA,<ref name=SPATB/> SSSI<ref name=sssibb>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site is mainly heathland with areas of pine and deciduous woodland. Birds include nightjars, woodlarks and Dartford warblers. There are snakes such as adders and grass snakes, and lizards include slow worms and common lizards.<ref name=bar/>
Bay Pond<ref name=bay>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Bay Pond	Template:Convert	Godstone Template:Coord {{#if: TQ352516 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ352516 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ352516 |name=}}}}	NO	SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This is an educational reserve run by the Trust, with facilities such as an outdoor classroom. It has four ponds and the main one is believed to have been made in 1611 to hold back water for a mill. Other habitats are wildflower meadows and a mature alder swamp. Butterflies include gatekeeper, ringlet, small skipper and orange tip.<ref name=bay/>
Betchworth Quarry and Lime Kilns<ref name=bet>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Betchworth Quarry	Template:Convert	Betchworth Template:Coord {{#if: TQ198511 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ198511 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ198511 |name=}}}}	YES	SAC,<ref name=sacmg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=mg/>	This chalk downlands site is part of the North Downs and the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It has a rich variety of flowering plants, including orchids. The lime kilns house a variety of bat species, such as the whiskered, Natterer's, brown long-eared, Brandt's and Daubenton's.<ref name=bet/>
Bisley and West End Commons and Reidon Hill<ref name=bis>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Bisley Common	Template:Convert	Woking Template:Coord {{#if: SU945593 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU945593 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU945593 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SAC,<ref name=SACTA>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SPA,<ref name=SPATB/> SSSI<ref name=cbbh>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site has heath, grassland and woodland. There are mammals such as roe deer, and invertebrates include adders, grass snakes, slow-worms and common lizards.<ref name=bis/>
Blindley Heath<ref name=blin>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Blindley Heath	Template:Convert	Godstone Template:Coord {{#if: TQ367448 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ367448 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ367448 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This damp grassland site on Weald Clay has a rich flora. There are also a number of ponds and the Ray Brook runs through the heath. The grassland is dominated by tussock grass and there are scattered oaks, hawthorns, willows and blackthorns.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Brentmoor Heath and Folly Bog<ref name=brent>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Brentmoor Heath	Template:Convert	Woking Template:Coord {{#if: SU936610 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU936610 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU936610 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SAC,<ref name=SACTA/> SPA,<ref name=SPATB/> SSSI,<ref name=cbbh/>	The nature reserve has heathland, woodland, acid grassland and ponds. There are grass snakes and adders and birds such as woodlarks, Dartford warblers, peregrine falcons and hobbies.<ref name=brent/>
Broadstreet, Backside and Rydes Commons<ref name=broad>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Backside Common	Template:Convert	Guildford Template:Coord {{#if:SU963507 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|SU963507 _region:GB_scale:25000|SU963507 |name=}}}}	YES		These commons provide access to nature for people in the local area. The site has poor acidic grassland, oak and semi-mature birch woodland and ponds.<ref name=broad/>
Brockham Limeworks<ref name=broc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Brockham Limeworks	Template:Convert	Brockham Template:Coord {{#if:TQ205513 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ205513 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ205513 |name=}}}}	YES	SAC,<ref name = sacmg/> SM,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=mg/>	This former chalk quarry ceased operation in 1936. It had two batteries of lime kilns, which have become roosting sites for bats. Some of the floor of the quarry has become species-rich chalk grassland, with plants such as broad-leaved helleborine and pyramidal, common spotted, fragrant and bee orchids.<ref name=broc/>
Brookwood Lye<ref name=brook>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Brookwood Lye	Template:Convert	Brookwood Template:Coord {{#if: SU963573 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU963573 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU963573 |name=}}}}	NO		This is mainly wet grassland which has a rich variety of flora. Other habitats include alder carr and broadleaved woodland. There are many birds and invertebrates such as dragonflies.<ref name=brook/>
Burner's Heath and Swallows Pond<ref name=burn>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Burner's Heath	Template:Convert	Pirbright Template:Coord {{#if: SU948552 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU948552 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU948552 |name=}}}}	YES		This site is mainly woodland. It is a conifer plantation with areas of broadleaf trees, heath and acid grassland.<ref name=burn/>
Template:Anchor Chinthurst Hill<ref name=chint>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Chinthurst Hill	Template:Convert	Guildford Template:Coord {{#if: TQ014458 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ014458 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ014458 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SM<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The hill has woodland and dry acid grassland. There are woodland flowering plants such as wood anemone, yellow archangel, wood forget-me-not, red campion, common figwort, butcher’s broom and lady’s smock.<ref name=chint/>
Chitty's Common<ref name=chit>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Chitty's Common	Template:Convert	Guildford Template:Coord {{#if: SU979524 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU979524 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU979524 |name=}}}}	YES		This urban common has wet and dry woodland, grassland, ponds and ditches. There are large amounts of dead wood which provide a habitat for invertebrates such as stag beetles. The grassland has many butterflies such as commas, red admirals and peacocks.<ref name=chit/>
Chobham Common<ref name=chob>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Chobham Common	Template:Convert	Chobham Template:Coord {{#if: SU974648 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU974648 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU974648 |name=}}}}	YES	NCR,<ref>Ratcliffe, pp. 119, 304–05</ref> NNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SAC,<ref name=SACTA/> SM,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SPA,<ref name=SPATB/> SSSI<ref name=ch>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The common has a variety of habitats, such as wet and dry heathland, and its fauna and flora include many rare and scarce species, such as marsh clubmoss and marsh gentian. There are more than eighty birds species, including nationally important breeding populations of nightjars, woodlarks and Dartford warblers. The site is also very important for invertebrates, with sixty-four rare or scarce species, including the ant Formica rufibarbis, the robber fly Eutolmus rufibarbis and the silver-studded blue butterfly.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Colekitchen Down<ref name=cole>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Colekitchen Down	Template:Convert	Gomshall Template:Coord {{#if: TQ084488 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ084488 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ084488 |name=}}}}	NO		This sloping area of species-rich unimproved chalk grassland is surrounded by woodland and scrub. There is a variety of butterflies including chalkhill blue, small heath, adonis blue, gatekeeper, brimstone and marbled white.<ref name=cole/>
Crooksbury Hill<ref name=crook>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Crooksbury Hill	Template:Convert<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Farnham Template:Coord {{#if: SU878459 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU878459 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU878459 |name=}}}}	YES	SM<ref name=sold>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	There are extensive views from the top of the hill over south-west Surrey and east Hampshire. The site has sandy soil with heath and woodland. It was formerly part of Crooksbury Common, and the trees were planted after the area was enclosed in 1848.<ref name=crook/> Soldier's Ring on the north side of the hill is a scheduled monument: it is a hillfort dating to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age.<ref name=sold/>
Cucknell's Wood<ref name=cuc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Cucknell's Wood	Template:Convert	Shamley Green Template:Coord {{#if: TQ041430 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ041430 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ041430 |name=}}}}	YES		Birds in this 400 year old semi-natural wood include great spotted woodpecker, lesser spotted woodpecker, willow tit, treecreeper, nuthatch, goldcrest, green woodpecker and tawny owl. There are mammals such as dormice.<ref name=cuc/>
Template:Anchor Dawcombe<ref name=daw>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Dawcombe	Template:Convert	Reigate Template:Coord {{#if: TQ215525 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ215525 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ215525 |name=}}}}	NO	SAC,<ref name = sacmg/> SSSI<ref name=mg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site is mainly chalk grassland with large areas of hawthorn scrub and woodland. The grassland provides a habitat for many species of orchids, including pyramidal, fly, common spotted, man, greater butterfly, fragrant and bee.<ref name=daw/>
Template:Anchor Elstead Group of Commons<ref name=els>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Elstead Common	Template:Convert	Elstead Template:Coord {{#if: SU926423 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU926423 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU926423 |name=}}}}	YES	SPA,<ref name="Natural England">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=sssithf>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site has heath, woodland and dry acid grassland, with scrub controlled by a herd of Belted Galloway cattle. It is important for saproxylic (dead wood eating) invertebrates, such as stag beetles. There are several ponds with a population of around a thousand toads.<ref name=els/>
Template:Anchor Fames Rough<ref name=fam>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Fames Rough	Template:Convert	Chipstead Template:Coord {{#if: TQ265574 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ265574 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ265574 |name=}}}}<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	YES	SSSI<ref name=sssichip>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site is notable for its wild flowers.<ref name=fam/> Part of it is grassland which is periodically ploughed in order to provide a habitat for three very rare arable weeds, ground pine, cut-leaved germander and mat-grass fescue.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Farncombe Wood<ref name=far>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Farncombe Wood	Template:Convert	Godalming Template:Coord {{#if:SU967455 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|SU967455 _region:GB_scale:25000|SU967455 |name=}}}}	YES		This steeply sloping wood was donated to the trust in 2003. It is mainly hazel coppice with oak standards. Ground flora include bluebells, wood anemone, yellow archangel and pignut.<ref name=far/>
Fir Tree Copse<ref name=fir>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Fir Tree Copse	Template:Convert	Dunsfold Template:Coord {{#if: TQ023350 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ023350 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ023350 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This is oak and ash woodland, with hazel coppice. Pipistrelle bats have been recorded, together with birds such as the tawny owl and willow warbler. There are many species of fungi on rotting logs, and invertebrates include the nationally scarce common fan-foot moth.<ref name=fir/>
Template:Sortname<ref name=fore>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The Forest and the Highlands	Template:Convert	East Horsley Template:Coord {{#if: TQ095552 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ095552 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ095552 |name=}}}}	YES		Almost 180 plant species and more than 50 of birds have been recorded in this woodland site, including woodpeckers, Eurasian nuthatches, Eurasian treecreeper and tawny owls. There are amphibians such as common toads and great crested newts.<ref name=fore/>
Fraser Down<ref name=fras>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Fraser Down	Template:Convert	Dorking Template:Coord {{#if: TQ211526 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ211526 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ211526 |name=}}}}	NO	SAC,<ref name = sacmg/> SSSI<ref name=mg/>	This is mainly chalk downland with some yew and beech woodland. The grassland has the rare silver-spotted skipper butterfly and wild flowers such as cowslip and wild marjoram.<ref name=fras/>
Gracious Pond<ref name=grac>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Gracious Pond	Template:Convert	Chobham Template:Coord {{#if: SU987638 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU987638 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU987638 |name=}}}}	NO	SSSI<ref name=ch/>	This site has heath, wet woodland and ponds. Fauna include common toad and raft spiders, which can run on water. There are heathland plants such as round-leaved sundew and trees include beeches.<ref name=grac/>
Graeme Hendrey Wood<ref name=grae>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Graeme Hendrey Wood	Template:Convert	Bletchingley Template:Coord {{#if: TQ346501 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ346501 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ346501 |name=}}}}	YES		This former sand and gravel quarry is now a wood, with ash, oak, sycamore, sweet chestnut, hazel and silver birch. Ground flora include enchanter’s nightshade, bird's-nest orchid and dog’s mercury.<ref name=grae/>
Template:Anchor Hackhurst Downs<ref name=hac>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Hackhurst Downs	Template:Convert	Guildford Template:Coord {{#if: TQ096487 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ096487 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ096487 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=sssiwd>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Much of this steeply sloping site is chalk grassland which is grazed by goats, and there are also areas of mature woodland and scrub. Flowering plants include wild marjoram, hedge bedstraw, vervain, harebell and mouse-ear hawkweed.<ref name=hac/>
Hedgecourt<ref name=hed>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Hedgecourt	Template:Convert	Felbridge Template:Coord {{#if: TQ351402 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ351402 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ351402 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This lakeside site has wet alder woodland, willow carr, damp oak woods and reedswamp. Twelve species of dragonfly have been recorded and breeding birds include water rails, mute swans, sedge warblers and tufted ducks.<ref name=hed/>
Hill Park<ref name=hill>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Hill Park	Template:Convert	Tatsfield Template:Coord {{#if: TQ423559 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ423559 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ423559 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR<ref name=lnrhp>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site on the slope of the North Downs has flora-rich chalk grassland with fly, bee and pyramidal orchids.<ref name=hill/> There is also woodland with ash, beech, yew and an avenue of horse chestnut.<ref name=lnrhp/>
Howell Hill<ref name=how>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Howell Hill	Template:Convert	Epsom Template:Coord {{#if:TQ238618 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ238618 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ238618 |name=}}}}	YES		There are chalk spoil heaps on this calcareous grassland site. Around 260 species of flowering plants have been recorded, including mouse-eared hawkweed, kidney vetch, common spotted orchid, common knapweed, fragrant orchid and white helleborine orchid.<ref name=how/>
Template:Anchor Kitchen Copse<ref name=kit>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Kitchen Copse	Template:Convert	Bletchingley Template:Coord {{#if: TQ328525 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ328525 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ328525 |name=}}}}	NO		This ancient semi-natural wood has diverse species of trees and ground flora. Flowering plants include dog's mercury, lesser celandine, yellow archangel, bluebell, enchanter's nightshade, primrose and common dog-violet.<ref name=kit/>
Littlefield Common<ref name=lit>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Littlefield Common	Template:Convert	Worplesdon Template:Coord {{#if: SU960526 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU960526 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU960526 |name=}}}}	YES		The common has wet and dry woodland, heath, grassland and ponds, which have a variety of amphibians such as newts, toads and frogs. Flora include common yellow sedge and heath spotted-orchid.<ref name=lit/>
Template:AnchorManor Farm<ref name=man>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Manor Farm	Template:Convert	Byfleet Template:Coord {{#if:TQ068600 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ068600 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ068600 |name=}}}}	FP		This was part of a deer park in the seventeenth century and in the Second World War the wet meadows next to the River Wey were ploughed as part of the Dig for Victory campaign. The site was then a market garden until 2006. The Trust acquired it in 2009 and is restoring it to its natural state.<ref name=man/>
Middlebriars Wood<ref name=mid>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Middlebriars Wood	Template:Convert	Shackleford Template:Coord {{#if:SU953457 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|SU953457 _region:GB_scale:25000|SU953457 |name=}}}}	YES		This is a small mixed wood in a residential area of Hurtmore. The trust is working to improve its ecological value.<ref name=mid/>
Milford Green and Coxhill Green<ref name=milf>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Milford Green and Coxhill Green	Template:Convert	Chobham Template:Coord {{#if: SU985608 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU985608 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU985608 |name=}}}}	YES		These greens have wet and dry woodland with several ponds. Milford Green is mainly oak with other trees such as silver birch, horse chestnut, sweet chestnut, beech and elm. Coxhill Green is broad-leaved woodland with an area of Scots pine.<ref name=milf/>
Template:Anchor Newdigate Brickworks<ref name=newd>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Newdigate Brickworks	Template:Convert	Newdigate Template:Coord {{#if: TQ205427 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ205427 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ205427 |name=}}}}	YES		The clay pits of this former brickworks are now lakes and ponds which provide habitats for great crested newts and dragonflies such as the broad-bodied chaser and emperor. Other habitats are woodland, scrub, grassland and marsh and 188 plant species have been recorded.<ref name=newd/>
Norbury Park<ref name=nor>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Norbury Park	Template:Convert	Dorking Template:Coord {{#if: TQ158538 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ158538 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ158538 |name=}}}}	YES	RHPG,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SAC,<ref name = sacmg/> SSSI<ref name=mg/>	The park was purchased by Surrey County Council to protect the land from being developed for housing and it is still managed for nature conservation. It has three farms, woodland, calcareous grassland and a stretch of the River Mole. Yew trees in Druid’s Grove are thought by SWT to be almost 3,000 years old.<ref name=nor/>
Nower Wood<ref name=now>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Nower Wood	Template:Convert	Leatherhead Template:Coord {{#if: TQ193546 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ193546 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ193546 |name=}}}}	NO		This is an educational reserve which hosts classrooms and children's events. It is mainly ancient oak woodland with areas of hazel coppice, chalk grassland, heath and artificial ponds which are used for pond dipping. There is a variety of birds such as woodcock and wood warbler.<ref name=now/>
Nutfield Marshes<ref name=nut>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Nutfield Marshes	Template:Convert	Nutfield Template:Coord {{#if: TQ291513 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ291513 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ291513 |name=}}}}	PP		These former sand quarries along the Redhill Brook are now wetland nature reserves called The Moors, Spynes Mere, and Holmethorpe Lagoons. They provide habitats for many birds, with 144 species recorded in Holmethorpe Lagoon. Spynes Mere has three lakes.<ref name=nut/>
Template:AnchorPapercourt Marshes<ref name=pap>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Papercourt Meadows	Template:Convert	Send Template:Coord {{#if: TQ034562 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ034562 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ034562 |name=}}}}	NO	SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This wetland site has standing water scrapes, reed beds, marshes, wet woodland and grassy rides. More than a hundred species of bird have been recorded and the site also has a rich variety of aquatic plants and invertebrates.<ref name=pap/>
Poors Allotment<ref name=poo>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Poors Allotment	Template:Convert	Camberley Template:Coord {{#if: SU888631 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU888631 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU888631 |name=}}}}	YES	SPA,<ref name=SPATB/> SSSI<ref name=sssibb/>	This site got its name because it was set aside under an early 19th century inclosure act to allow poor people to gather turf and bracken as fuel. It has heath, acid grassland and woods. Its importance lies in its fauna, such as woodlarks, nightjars, Dartford warblers, adders and several species of butterfly.<ref name=poo/>
Priest Hill<ref name=pri>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Priest Hill	Template:Convert	Epsom Template:Coord {{#if: TQ230615 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ230615 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ230615 |name=}}}}	PP		More than 1,500 tons of tarmac and rubble were cleared from these former playing fields to create a grassland nature reserve. Three ponds have been created and cut grass and other plant matter from another reserve has been spread over some areas to introduce the seeds of wild flowers such as kidney vetch.<ref name=pri/>
Pucks Oak Barn and McAlmont Reserves<ref name=puc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	McAlmont Reserve	Template:Convert	Guildford Template:Coord {{#if: SU956469 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU956469 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU956469 |name=}}}}	YES		This site is composed of four small woodland reserves, Farncombe Wood, Glebe Wood, Hayden's Copse and Pucks Oak Barn and Orchard. Ground flora include bluebells, wood anemone, ground elder and yellow archangel.<ref name=puc/>
Template:Anchor Quarry Hangers<ref name=q>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Quarry Hangers	Template:Convert	Caterham Template:Coord {{#if: TQ317536 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ317536 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ317536 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This chalk grassland site has very diverse flora and in some areas there are forty different species in a square metre, such as birdsfoot trefoil, salad burnet, wild strawberry, bee orchid, marjoram and wild thyme.<ref name=q/>
Template:Anchor Rodborough Common<ref name=rod>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Rodborough Common	Template:Convert	Milford Template:Coord {{#if: SU934415 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU934415 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU934415 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Sheep and cattle were grazed on the common in the 19th century, and it was used for military exercises in the Second World War. It has heath, woodland and acid grassland. Flora include greater stitchwort, enchanter's nightshade and germander speedwell, and there are reptiles such as grass snakes, slowworms and common lizards.<ref name=rod/>
Runfold Wood<ref name=run>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Runfold Wood	Template:Convert	Farnham Template:Coord {{#if: SU869468 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU869468 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU869468 |name=}}}}	YES		This former beech plantation was badly damaged by the major storms of 1987 and 1990. It is now regenerating naturally as a mixed woodland. It has rare invertebrates, lichens and fungi together with birds such as blackcaps and nuthatches.<ref name=run/>
Template:AnchorSeale Chalk Pit and Meadow<ref name=seal>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Seale Chalk Pit	Template:Convert	Farnham Template:Coord {{#if: SU 899 481 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU 899 481 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU 899 481 |name=}}}}	NO	GCR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Part of this former quarry is a geological SSSI which exposes rocks of the Hog’s Back and exhibits the separation of the folding Mesozoic rocks of the Weald from the Tertiary sediments of the London Basin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The site has a variety of butterflies and more than 130 species of chalk grassland plants have been recorded.<ref name=seal/>
Shabden Park<ref name=shab>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Shabden Park	Template:Convert	Chipstead Template:Coord {{#if: TQ274563 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ274563 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ274563 |name=}}}}	FP	SSSI<ref name=sssichip/>	This is a working farm which has wildlfower meadows on chalk grassland together with areas of woodland. It has a nationally scarce species of mining bee and other fauna include Roesel's bush-cricket and a variety of birds and butterflies.<ref name=shab/>
Sheepleas<ref name=sheepl>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Sheepleas	Template:Convert	East Horsley Template:Coord {{#if: TQ090515 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ090515 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ090515 |name=}}}}	YES	GCR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This sloping site on the North Downs has woodland, scrub and botanically rich grassland. The diverse invertebrate fauna includes two nationally rare flies, Norellia spinipes and Microdon devius. A cutting in Mountain Wood exposes a unique gravel Pleistocene deposit which throws light on the Quaternary history of the Weald and the evolution of the London Basin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sheepwalk Lake<ref name=sheepw>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Sheepwalk Lake	Template:Convert	Shepperton Template:Coord {{#if: TQ070675 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ070675 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ070675 |name=}}}}	YES		This former gravel pit was allowed to flood, unlike many others in the area which were used for landfill sites. It is used by more than 100 species of resident and migratory birds, including, kingfishers, herons, tufted ducks, moorhens, coots, cormorants and great crested grebes.<ref name=sheepw/>
Stringer's Common<ref name=str>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Stringer's Common	Template:Convert	Guildford Template:Coord {{#if: SU990530 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU990530 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU990530 |name=}}}}	YES		This is one of eight commons in the parish of Worplesdon near Guildford. It was formerly used for grazing, but it is now mainly mixed woodland with some heath and grassland.<ref name=str/>
Template:Anchor Thorpe Hay Meadow<ref name=tho>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Thorpe Hay Meadow	Template:Convert	Egham Template:Coord {{#if: TQ030700 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ030700 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ030700 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This hay meadow in the flood plain on alluvial gravels of the River Thames has plants which thrive in lime-rich soil. It is surrounded by mature hedgerows and a drainage ditch has five species of willow, including purple willow and almond willow.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Thundry Meadows<ref name=thu>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Thundry Meadows	Template:Convert	Elstead Template:Coord {{#if:SU895441 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|SU895441 _region:GB_scale:25000|SU895441 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site on the north bank of the River Wey grassland has alder carr, wet and dry woodland, ditches and springs. The meadows are maintained by Belted Galloway cattle, providing suitable conditions for harvest mice. An unusual habitat is quaking mire, a mat of vegetation floating on liquid peat.<ref name=thu/>
Template:AnchorUnderdown<ref name=und>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Underdown	Template:Convert	Farnham Template:Coord {{#if: SU832444 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU832444 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU832444 |name=}}}}	YES		This reserve was donated to the Trust by Mrs Underdown in memory of her husband in 1987. It is a steeply sloping area of gorse and heather together with mixed woodland. There is a variety of invertebrates, including solitary wasps.<ref name=und/>
Template:Anchor Vann Lake and Candy's Copse<ref name=van>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Vann Lake and Candy's Copse	Template:Convert	Ockley Template:Coord {{#if: TQ157394 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ157394 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ157394 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The lake is believed to date to the middle of the 18th century, when a stream was dammed to power a mill which was never built. It is surrounded by ancient wet and dry woodland on Weald clay. Over 900 species of fungi have been recorded, including six new to Britain, and one, Myarium crystallinum, never previously recorded. The stream has a nationally rare cranefly, Molophilus lackschewitzianus.<ref name=van/>
Template:Anchor Wallis Wood<ref name=wal>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Wallis Wood	Template:Convert	Dorking Template:Coord {{#if: TQ121389|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ121389_region:GB_scale:25000| TQ121389|name=}}}}	YES		A stream runs through this woodland reserve, which has an area of meadow pasture on its bank. Woodland flora include bluebells, broad-leaved helleborine orchids, violet helleborine orchids, common spotted orchids, primroses and wood anemone. There is a rare spider, Hyptiotes paradoxus, which lives in yew trees and is only found in one other site in the county.<ref name=wal/>
Whitmoor and Rickford Commons<ref name=whitm>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Whitmoor Common	Template:Convert	Guildford Template:Coord {{#if: SU982529 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| SU982529 _region:GB_scale:25000| SU982529 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SPA,<ref name=SPATB/> SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site on the heath of the London Basin has a variety of heathland habitats, as well as areas of woodland, meadow and still and running water. The heath has a nationally scarce spider, Oxyopes heterophthalmus and beetle Hyperaspis pseudopustulata and there are nationally important populations of several bird species.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wisley and Ockham Commons and Chatley Heath<ref name=wis>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Wisley and Ockham Commons	Template:Convert	Wisley Template:Coord {{#if: TQ080590 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ080590 _region:GB_scale:25000| TQ080590 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SPA,<ref name=SPATB/> SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site is mainly heathland but it also has areas of open water, bog, woodland and scrub. It has a rich flora and it is of national importance for true flies and for dragonflies and damselflies. Rare species include the white-faced darter dragonfly and the Thyridanthrax fenestratus bee fly.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey
• List of Local Nature Reserves in Surrey

Sources

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External links

• Surrey Wildlife Trust website