Harting Downs

Harting Downs is a 336.3-hectare (831-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Midhurst in West Sussex.^[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I^[3] and an area of 206.6 hectares (511 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve which is owned and managed by the National Trust.^[4][5][6]

Harting Downs

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	West Sussex
Grid reference	SU 800 179[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	336.3 hectares (831 acres)[1]
Notification	1987[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This site consists of several parallel valleys on the steep slope of the South Downs. Habitats are chalk grassland, which is being invaded by scrub, together with areas of long-established woodland. The site is important for insects, with a nationally rare snail, Helicondonta obvoluta, two uncommon moths, the wood tiger and the maple prominent, and many rove beetles.^[7]