List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Surrey, a county in South East England. Surrey is bordered by Greater London to the north, and West Sussex to the south. It has an estimated population of 1,085,400 within an area of 1,670 km2 (412,666.0 acres), thus making it the 13th largest cermeonial county in the United Kingdom.[1] As of 2008, there are 64 sites designated within this area of search.[2] The data in this table is taken from English Nature's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.[3]

Sites

Site name Reason for designation Area[A] Grid reference[B][C] Year in which notified[D] Map[E]
Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres
Ashtead Common Y 358.0 884.0 TQ181602 1984 [1]
Auclaye Y Y 0.5 1.3 TQ168388 1988 [2]
Banstead Downs Y 124.1 306.6 TQ252610 1985 [3]
Knight & Bessborough Reservoirs Y 62.8 25.4 TQ120680 [4]
Blackheath Y 143.0 353.5 TQ040460 1987 [5]
Blindley Heath Y 25.6 63.2 TQ367448 1984 [6]
Bookham Commons Y 151.4 374.1 TQ128565 1985 [7]
Bourley and Long Valley Y 819.7 2,025.5 SU835515 1993 [8]
Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths Y 1,696.9 4,193.1 SU877644 1983, 1985 [9]
Brook Brick Pit Y 0.96 2.37 SU931378 1988 [10]
Charleshill Y 10.3 25.6 SU895442 1988 [11]
Charterhouse to Eashing Y 66.8 165.1 SU950444 1986 [12]
Chiddingfold Forest[F] Y 543.9 1,344.0 TQ017344, SU994310, SU986357 1991 [13]
Chipstead Downs Y 152.7 377.4 TQ265579, TQ268562 1985 [14]
Chobham Common Y 651.2 1,608.5 SU973648 1985 [15]
Clock House Brickworks Y 32.4 80.1 TQ176383 1992 [16]
Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath Y 1,127.3 2,785.6 SU930590, SU913619 1988 [17]
Colyers Hanger Y 25.5 63.0 TQ035483 1986 [18]
Combe Bottom Y TQ063488 1988 [19]
Devil's Punch Bowl Y 279.9 691.6 SU892370 1986 [20]
Dumsey Meadow Y 9.6 23.7 TQ057665 1994 [21]
Esher Commons Y 358.3 885.4 TQ130623 1986 [22]
Frensham Common Y 1,832.2 4,527.4 SU855405 1985 [23]
Godstone Ponds Y 13.0 32.1 TQ353516, TQ360509 1985 [24]
Gong Hill Y 6.5 16.2 SU948434 1988 [25]
Hackhurst and White Downs Y 185.0 457.1 TQ097487, TQ124495 1986 [26]
Hankley Y 542.2 1,832.2 SU885405 1985 [27]
Hankley Farm Y 2.4 5.9 SU890436 1994 [28]
Hedgecourt Y 33.3 82.3 TQ355403 1986 [29]
Horsell Common Y 150.3 371.3 TQ003606 1986 [30]
Kempton Park Reservoirs Y 25.6 63.2 TQ118707 1999 [31]
Knight and Bessborough Reservoirs Y 62.8 155.1 TQ120680 [32]
Langham Pond Y 25.9 63.9 TQ002721 1986 [33]
Leith Hill Y 337.2 833.2 TQ125455, TQ123434, TQ145440 1991 [34]
Lingfield Cernes Y 10.1 24.9 TQ421447 1985 [35]
Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment Y 999.4 2,469.5 TQ158539, TQ185537, TQ185514, TQ200530, TQ245520 1986 [36]
Moor Park Y 17.0 17.5 SU868458 1987 [37]
Netherside Stream Outcrops Y 2.8 7.1 SU941339, SU944343 1990 [38]
Ockham and Wisley Commons [39]
Papercourt [40]
Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons [41]
Quarry Hangers [42]
Ranmore Common [43]
Reigate Heath [44]
Seale Chalk Pit [45]
Sheepleas [46]
Sheet's Heath Common [47]
Smart's and Prey Heaths [48]
Smokejack Clay Pit [49]
Staffhurst Wood [50]
Staines Moor [51]
Stockstone Quarry [52]
Stones Road Pond [53]
Thorpe Hay Meadow [54]
Thorpe Park No 1 Gravel Pit [55]
Thursley [56]
Titsey Woods [57]
Upper Common Pits [58]
Vann Lake and Ockley Woods [59]
Wey Valley Meadows [60]
Whitmoor Common [61]
Windsor Forest and Great Park [62]
Woldingham & Oxted Downs [63]
Wraysbury Reservoir [64]

See also

Notes

A Data rounded to one decimal place.
B Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.[4]
C Those SSSIs with more than one OS grid reference are composed of multiple sections, separated by non-SSSI land.[4]
D Site notification consists of designating a site as an SSSI and consulting with the owner(s). This list uses the date notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
E Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.
F Clayton To Offham Escarpment site extends into the county of West Sussex and so can be found on the list of SSSIs in West Sussex.[3]

References

  1. ^ "T 08: Selected age groups for local authorities in the United Kingdom; estimated resident population; Mid-2006 Population Estimates". Office for National Statistics. August 22, 2007. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9664&More=Y. Retrieved 2008-06-18. 
  2. ^ "Search results for Surrey". Natural England. http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/special/sssi/searchresults.cfm?sssi_name=&frmcounty=1039. Retrieved 2008-06-18. 
  3. ^ a b Natural England citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. (PDF files).
  4. ^ a b "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/help.html#gridref. Retrieved 2008-02-21. 
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