| Moorend Common | |
| Aos: | Buckinghamshire |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Area: | 28.0 hectares |
| Notifydate: | 1985 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Moorend Common is a 28hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in the hamlet Moor End, west of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.[1] [2] It is in the Chilterns Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it is owned and managed by Lane End Parish Council.[3]
The site is on London Clay, which is unusual for the Chilterns, and the soil is acid and sometimes waterlogged. Habitats are grassland, heath, woodland, marsh and scrub. A stream ends in a swallow-hole called Gubbins Hole. There are three types of woodland, beech, oak and birch, and a small area planted with larch and pine, with ground flora of bracken and bramble. Marshy areas have heath spotted orchid and bog mosses.[1]
There is access from Church Road, which passes through the site.[2]