Levin Down Explained

Levin Down
Aos:	West Sussex
Interest:	Biological
Area:	25.6ha
Notifydate:	1987
Map:	Magic Map

Levin Down is a 25.6abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Midhurst in West Sussex.^{[1] [2]} It is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.^[3]

This is an area of chalk grassland and heath on the slope of the South Downs. The chalk turf has a rich variety of flora, such as autumn gentian, salad burnet, round-headed rampion, autumn lady’s tresses, eyebright, glaucous sedge and quaking grass.^[4]

There is access by a footpath from Charlton.

References

50.915°N -0.741°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Levin Down . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 May 2019.
2. Web site: Map of Levin Down. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 May 2019.
3. Web site: Levin Down . Sussex Wildlife Trust . 2 May 2019.
4. Web site: Levin Down citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 May 2019.