| Quarry Hangers | |
| Aos: | Surrey |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Area: | 28.5ha |
| Notifydate: | 1986 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Quarry Hangers is a 28.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Caterham in Surrey.[1] [2] An area of 11ha is a nature reserve managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.[3]
This sloping site on the North Downs has species-rich chalk grassland, woodland and scrub. Heavily grazed areas are dominated by red fescue and sheep’s fescue, with flowering plants including horseshoe vetch, bird’s-foot trefoil and wild thyme. There is a taller sward in less grazed areas, with grasses such as upright brome and wood false-brome.[4]