| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Location | Surrey |
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| Grid reference | TQ 236 501[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 61.7 hectares (152 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1986[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Reigate Heath is a 61.7-hectare (152-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of ReigateinSurrey.[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]
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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| Elmbridge |
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| Epsom and Ewell |
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| Guildford |
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| Mole Valley |
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| Reigate and Banstead |
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| Runnymede |
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| Surrey Heath |
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| Tandridge |
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| Waverley |
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| Woking |
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51°14′13″N 0°13′52″W / 51.237°N 0.231°W / 51.237; -0.231
