Ockham and Wisley Commons

Ockham and Wisley Commons is a 266-hectare (660-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Woking in Surrey.^[1][2] It is also a Local Nature Reserve^[3][4] and part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area.^[5] It is part of the slightly larger area of 297-hectare (730-acre) Wisley & Ockham Commons & Chatley Heath nature reserve, which is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.^[6]

Ockham and Wisley Commons

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Surrey
Grid reference	TQ 077 588[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	266.0 hectares (657 acres)[1]
Notification	1986[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This site is mainly heathland but it also has areas of open water, bog, woodland and scrub. It has a rich flora and it is of national importance for true flies and for dragonflies and damselflies. Rare species include the white-faced darter dragonfly and the Thyridanthrax fenestratus bee fly.^[7]

There is public access to the site.