Charleshill SSSI
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UK Site of Special Scientific Interest
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| Location | Surrey |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SU 895 440 [1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 10.1 hectares (25 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1988[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Charleshill SSSI is a 10.1-hectare (25-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Elstead in Surrey.[1] [2] It is part of Thundry Meadows nature reserve, which is owned and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust [3]
This site has wet and dry meadows with a very wet area which has quaking mire. The mire is dominated by bottle sedge, marsh cinquefoil and bog-bean, together with white sedge in the wettest part. There is also some wet woodland.[4]
There is access from Farnham Road.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Charleshill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Map of Charleshill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Thundry Meadows". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Charleshill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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