Firle Escarpment

Firle Escarpment
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Cowslips on Firle Escarpment
Shown within East Sussex
Area of Search	East Sussex
Grid reference	TQ480061
Coordinates	50°50′06″N 0°06′29″E / 50.835°N 0.108°E / 50.835; 0.108Coordinates: 50°50′06″N 0°06′29″E / 50.835°N 0.108°E / 50.835; 0.108
Interest	Biological
Area	301.3 ha (745 acres)
Notification	1985 (1985)
Natural England website

Firle Escarpment is a Site of Special Scientific Interest falling within the South Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the county of East Sussex, England. The area is of biological interest due to its chalk grassland habitat supporting many species of flora, including the rare early spider orchid Ophrys sphegodes.

References

"SSSI Citation — Firle Escarpment" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 2008-11-09.

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in East Sussex, South East England

Arlington Reservoir Asham Quarry Ashburnham Park Ashdown Forest Bingletts Wood Blackhorse Quarry Bream Wood Brede Pit and Cutting Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs Burgh Hill Farm Meadow Buxted Park Castle Hill Chailey Common Clayton to Offham Escarpment Combe Haven Dallington Forest Darwell Wood Ditchling Common Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay Eridge Green Eridge Park Firle Escarpment Folkington Reservoir Fore Wood Hastingford Cutting Hastings Cliffs to Pett Beach Heathfield Park Hemingfold Meadow Herstmonceux Park High Rocks High Woods Houghton Green Cliff Kingston Escarpment and Iford Hill Leasam Heronry Wood Lewes Brooks Lewes Downs Lower Dicker Lullington Heath Maplehurst Wood Marline Valley Woods Milton Gate Marsh Northiam Offham Marshes Paines Cross Meadow Park Corner Heath Penn's Rocks Pevensey Levels Plashett Park Wood River Line Rock Wood Rye Harbour Sapperton Meadows Seaford to Beachy Head Southerham Grey Pit Southerham Machine Bottom Pit Southerham Works Pit St. Dunstan's Farm Meadows Stockland Farm Meadows Waldron Cutting Weir Wood Reservoir Willingdon Down Willingford Meadows Wilmington Downs Winchelsea Cutting

List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest by Area of Search

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, May 02, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.