Reigate Heath Explained

Reigate Heath
Aos:	Surrey
Interest:	Biological
Area:	61.7ha
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Reigate Heath is a 61.7abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Reigate in Surrey.^{[1] [2]} An area of 51.6ha is also a Local Nature Reserve.^{[3] [4]} Seven bowl barrows dating to the Bronze Age are designated Scheduled Monuments.^[5]

Most of the site is heath and acidic grassland, with some areas of woodland and marshy meadow. One part is a golf course. The heath is mainly ling, bell heather and wavy hair-grass. Marshy meadows have Yorkshire fog, sharp-flowered rush, meadowsweet, wild angelica and marsh marigold.^[6]

There is public access to most of the site apart from the golf course.

References

51.237°N -0.231°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Reigate Heath . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 November 2018.
2. Web site: Map of Reigate Heath. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 November 2018.
3. Web site: Reigate Heath. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England . 16 November 2018.
4. Web site: Map of Reigate Heath. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 16 November 2018.
5. Web site: Scheduled Monuments in Surrey. Ancient Monuments. 16 November 2018.
6. Web site: Reigate Heat citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 November 2018.