| Hackhurst and White Downs | |
| Aos: | Surrey |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Area: | 185.1ha |
| Notifydate: | 1986 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Hackhurst and White Downs is a 185.1abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Dorking in Surrey.[1] [2] White Downs is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2,[3] and part of it is in the 200abbr=offNaNabbr=off White Downs nature reserve, which is owned by the Wotton Estate and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT).[4] Hackhurst Downs is a 29.9abbr=offNaNabbr=off Local Nature Reserve,[5] [6] which part of the 40abbr=offNaNabbr=off Hackhurst Downs nature reserve, which is owned by Surrey County Council and also managed by the SWT.[7]
This steeply sloping land is a shared escarpment with Ranmore Common, amounting to an almost whole section of the North Downs, which has grassland, secondary woodland and scrub. It has a rich invertebrate fauna with forty species of butterfly, including adonis blue, chalkhill blue, brown hairstreak, Duke of Burgundy fritillary, marbled white and silver-spotted skipper.[8]