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Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment

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

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. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and a Special Area of Conservation. Part of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. Two small private nature reserves in the site are managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust, Dawcombe and Fraser Down.

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.

References

1. ^ "Designated Sites View: Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
2. "Map of Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
3. "The Mole Gap (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
4. "Designated Sites View: Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
5. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 117–18. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
6. "Dawcombe". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
7. "Fraser Down". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
8. "Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

External links

• Surrey County Council map of SSSIs

51°15′36″N 0°17′24″W / 51.260°N 0.290°W / 51.260; -0.290

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Geological	Auclaye Brook Brick Pit Clock House Brickworks Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment Netherside Stream Outcrops Seale Chalk Pit Sheepleas Smokejack Clay Pit Stockstone Quarry Upper Common Pits

• Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey
• Geological Conservation Review sites
• Nature Conservation Review sites
• Special Areas of Conservation in England