Seaford to Beachy Head
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | East Sussex |
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Grid reference | TV 541 976[1] |
Interest | Biological Geological |
Area | 1,108.7 hectares (2,740 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1999[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Seaford to Beachy Head is a 1,108.7-hectare (2,740-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from Seaford to Eastbourne in East Sussex.[1][2] It has several Geological Conservation Review sites. Part of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[3] An area of 150 hectares (370 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve[4] managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.[5]
This site is of national importance for both its biological and geological features. Its habitats include chalk grassland, maritime grassland, chalk heath, foreshore, chalk cliffs, river meanders, and greensand reef. It has nationally rare plants, invertebrates, and birds. The site also exposes extensive chalk sections dating to the Late Cretaceous epoch around 80 million years ago.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Seaford to Beachy Head". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Map of Seaford to Beachy Head". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Seaford Head". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ "Seaford Head". Sussex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ "Seaford to Beachy Head citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
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- Arlington Reservoir
- Ashburnham Park
- Ashdown Forest
- Bingletts Wood
- Bream Wood
- Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs
- Burgh Hill Farm Meadow
- Buxted Park
- Castle Hill
- Chailey Common
- Clayton to Offham Escarpment
- Combe Haven
- Dallington Forest
- Darwell Wood
- Ditchling Common
- Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay
- Eridge Green
- Eridge Park
- Firle Escarpment
- Folkington Reservoir
- Fore Wood
- Hastings Cliffs to Pett Beach
- Heathfield Park
- Hemingfold Meadow
- Herstmonceux Park
- High Woods
- Kingston Escarpment and Iford Hill
- Leasam Heronry Wood
- Lewes Brooks
- Lewes Downs
- Lullington Heath
- Maplehurst Wood
- Marline Valley Woods
- Milton Gate Marsh
- Offham Marshes
- Paines Cross Meadow
- Park Corner Heath
- Penn's Rocks
- Pevensey Levels
- Plashett Park Wood
- Rock Wood
- Rye Harbour
- Sapperton Meadows
- Seaford to Beachy Head
- St Dunstan's Farm Meadows
- Stockland Farm Meadows
- Weir Wood Reservoir
- Willingdon Down
- Willingford Meadows
- Wilmington Downs
- Asham Quarry
- Blackhorse Quarry
- Brede Pit and Cutting
- Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs
- Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay
- Hastingford Cutting
- Hastings Cliffs to Pett Beach
- High Rocks
- Houghton Green Cliff
- Lower Dicker
- Northiam
- River Line
- Rye Harbour
- Scaynes Hill
- Seaford to Beachy Head
- Southerham Grey Pit
- Southerham Machine Bottom Pit
- Southerham Works Pit
- Waldron Cutting
- Winchelsea Cutting