Reigate Heath

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Reigate Heath

Reigate Heath is a 61.7-hectare (152-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Reigate in Surrey.[1][2] An area of 51.6 hectares (128 acres) is also a Local Nature Reserve.[3][4] Seven bowl barrows dating to the Bronze Age are designated Scheduled Monuments.[5]

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Reigate Heath
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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LocationSurrey
Grid referenceTQ 236 501[1]
InterestBiological
Area61.7 hectares (152 acres)[1]
Notification1986[1]
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Most of the site is heath and acidic grassland, with some areas of woodland and marshy meadow. One part is a golf course. The heath is mainly ling, bell heather and wavy hair-grass. Marshy meadows have Yorkshire fog, sharp-flowered rush, meadowsweet, wild angelica and marsh marigold.[6]

There is public access to most of the site apart from the golf course.

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