Whitmoor Common

Whitmoor Common is a 166-hectare (410-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Guildford in Surrey.^[1][2] It is part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area^[3] and the 184.9-hectare (457-acre) Whitmoor and Rickford Commons Local Nature Reserve,^[4][5] which is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.^[6]

Whitmoor Common

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Surrey
Grid reference	SU 984 536[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	166.0 hectares (410 acres)[1]
Notification	1993[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This site on the heath of the London Basin has a variety of heathland habitats, as well as areas of woodland, meadow and still and running water. The heath has a nationally scarce spider, Oxyopes heterophthalmus and beetle Hyperaspis pseudopustulata and there are nationally important populations of several bird species.^[7]

The site is open to the public.

History

The common has had many fires including 21 June 2018,^[8] 22 April 2019, and 12 August 2020.^[9][10]