Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment is a 1,016.4-hectare (2,512-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Reigate in Surrey.^[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site^[3] and a Special Area of Conservation.^[4] Part of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.^[5] Two small private nature reserves in the site are managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust, Dawcombe^[6] and Fraser Down.^[7]

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Headley Heath
Location	Surrey
Grid reference	TQ 194 526[1]
Interest	Biological Geological
Area	1,016.4 hectares (2,512 acres)[1]
Notification	1986[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This eight mile long site on the North Downs contains an outstanding range of wildlife habitats, including large areas of woodland and chalk grassland. Mole Gap has a variety of Quaternary landforms and there are well developed river cliffs where alluvial fans have diverted the River Mole against the valley sides.^[8]