Blindley Heath SSSI explained

Blindley Heath
Aos:	Surrey
Interest:	Biological
Area:	26.3ha
Notifydate:	1984
Map:	Magic Map

Blindley Heath SSSI is a 26.3abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the hamlet Blindley Heath, on the southern outskirts of Godstone in Surrey.^{[1] [2]} It is also a Local Nature Reserve.^{[3] [4]} It is owned by Godstone Parish Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust^[5]

This damp grassland site on Weald Clay has a rich flora. There are also a number of ponds and a stretch of the Ray Brook runs through the heath. The grassland is dominated by tussock grass and there are scattered oaks, hawthorns, willows and blackthorns.^[6]

There is access from Ray Lane.

References

51.186°N -0.046°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Blindley Heath . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 3 November 2018.
2. Web site: Map of Blindley Heath. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 3 November 2018.
3. Web site: Designated Sites View: Blindley Heath . Local Nature Reserves. Natural England . 25 October 2018.
4. Web site: Map of Blindley Heath. Local Nature Reserves . Natural England. 3 November 2018.
5. Web site: Blindley Heath . Surrey Wildlife Trust . 3 November 2018.
6. Web site: Blindley Heath citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 3 November 2018.