Firle Escarpment

LocationEast Sussex

Grid referenceTQ 472 057^[1]

InterestBiological

Area302.1 hectares (747 acres)^[1]

Firle Escarpment

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	East Sussex
Grid reference	TQ 472 057[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	302.1 hectares (747 acres)[1]
Notification	1985[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Firle Escarpment is a 302.1-hectare (747-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Seaford in East Sussex.^[1][2]

This is a long stretch of chalk grassland on north facing slopes of the South Downs. Flora include the very rare early spider orchid and other unusual flowering plants such as pyramidal orchid, felwort, common spotted orchid, round headed rampion, clove pink and bee orchid.^[3]