Eridge Green Explained

51.1°N 0.218°W

Eridge Green
Aos:East Sussex
Interest:Biological
Area:8.4ha
Notifydate:1985
Map: Magic Map

Eridge Green is a 8.4abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Crowborough in East Sussex.[1] [2] It is part of the 44ha Eridge Rocks nature reserve, which is managed by Sussex Wildlife Trust.[3]

This is ancient woodland on clay with outcrops of sandstone which form cliffs up to ten metres high. Flora on the rocks include Tunbridge filmy fern, the mosses Dicranum scottianum and Orthodontium gracile and the liverworts Scapania umbrosa, Scapania gracilis and Harpanthus scutatus.[4]

There is access from Warren Farm Lane.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Eridge Green . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 13 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Map of Eridge Green. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 13 January 2019.
  3. Web site: Eridge Rocks . Sussex Wildlife Trust . 13 January 2019.
  4. Web site: Eridge Green. 13 January 2019. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England.

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