Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment explained

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment
Aos:	Surrey
Interest:	Biological Geological
Area:	1016.4ha
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment is a 1016.4abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Reigate in Surrey.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site^[3] and a Special Area of Conservation.^[4] Part of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.^[5] Two small private nature reserves in the site are managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust, Dawcombe^[6] and Fraser Down.^[7]

This eight mile long site on the North Downs contains an outstanding range of wildlife habitats, including large areas of woodland and chalk grassland. Mole Gap has a variety of Quaternary landforms and there are well developed river cliffs where alluvial fans have diverted the River Mole against the valley sides.^[8]

External links

• Surrey County Council map of SSSIs

51.26°N -0.29°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 9 November 2018.
2. Web site: Map of Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 9 November 2018.
3. Web site: The Mole Gap (Quaternary of South-East England) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 28 October 2018.
4. Web site: Designated Sites View: Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment . Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. 28 October 2018.
5. Book: Derek Ratcliffe

   . Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 117-18 . Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521 21403 3 .

6. Web site: Dawcombe . Surrey Wildlife Trust . 18 October 2018.
7. Web site: Fraser Down. Surrey Wildlife Trust . 18 October 2018.
8. Web site: Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 9 November 2018.