Moorend Common

Moorend Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	Buckinghamshire
Grid reference	SU802905
Interest	Biological
Area	28.0 hectares
Notification	1985
Location map	Magic Map

Moorend Common is a 28 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in the hamlet Moor End, west of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.^[1]^[2] It is in the Chilterns Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it is owned and managed by Lane End Parish Council.^[3]

The site is on London Clay, which is unusual for the Chilterns, and the soil is acid and sometimes waterlogged. Habitats are grassland, heath, woodland, marsh and scrub. A stream ends in a swallow-hole called Gubbins Hole. There are three types of woodland, beech, oak and birch, and a small area planted with larch and pine, with ground flora of bracken and bramble. mMrshy areas have heath spotted orchid and bog mosses.^[1]

There is access from Church Road, which passes through the site.^[2]

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References

1 2 "Moorend Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
1 2 "Map of Moorend Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
↑ "Moorend Common". Chilterns Conservation Board. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

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Coordinates: 51°36′29″N 0°50′33″W / 51.608076°N 0.842541°W / 51.608076; -0.842541

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