Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill

Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill is a 321-hectare (790-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2,[3] and it includes Devil's Dyke Geological Conservation Review site.[4][5]

Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of SearchWest Sussex
Grid referenceTQ 250 112[1]
InterestBiological
Geological
Area321.0 hectares (793 acres)[1]
Notification1986[1]
Location map[TQ 250 112 Magic Map]

Most of this site on the slope of the South Downs is unimproved chalk grassland, which has a diverse flora with around 40 flowering plants per square metre. Invertebrates include a nationally important assemblage of harvestmen. Devil's Dyke is geologically important as an example of Pleistocene erosion of a dry chalk valley.[6]

References
  1. "Designated Sites View: Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. "Map of Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 120. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. "Devil`s Dyke (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  5. "Devil's Dyke (Karst)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. "Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

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