Chapel Common

Chapel Common is a 101-hectare (250-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Fernhurst in West Sussex.^[1][2] A Roman road through the common is a Scheduled Monument.^[3]

Chapel Common

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	West Sussex
Grid reference	SU 819 285[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	101.1 hectares (250 acres)[1]
Notification	1998[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Most of the common is dry heathland but there are also areas of woodland, grassland and scrub. Heathland birds include three internationally important species listed on Annex I of the EU Birds Directive, woodlark, nightjar and Dartford warbler. The site also has rare and scarce invertebrates.^[4]

Several public footpaths cross the common.