Blackheath SSSI, Surrey

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LocationSurrey
InterestBiological
Area141.6 hectares (350 acres)[1]
Blackheath
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSurrey
Grid referenceTQ 038 460[1]
InterestBiological
Area141.6 hectares (350 acres)[1]
Notification1987[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Blackheath is a 141.6-hectare (350-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Guildford in Surrey.[1][2]

This area of dry lowland heath and acid grassland is managed for conservation and fauna includes a wide range of breeding birds, the vulnerable heathland spider Oxyopes heterophthalmus and the rare beetle Lomechusoides strumosa. There is also woodland which has a rare moss, Dicranum polysetum.[3]

Blackheath Lane and Littleford Lane go through the site.

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