Chobham Common

Chobham Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSurrey
Grid referenceSU 973 647[1]
InterestBiological
Area655.7 hectares (1,620 acres)[1]
Notification1993[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Chobham Common is a 655.7-hectare (1,620-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Chobham in Surrey.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I[3] and a national nature reserve.[4] It is part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area[5] and the Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham Special Area of Conservation.[6] It contains three scheduled monuments.[7][8][9] Most of the site is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust as the Chobham Common nature reserve,[10] but the SSSI also includes a small private reserve managed by the Trust, Gracious Pond.[11]

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Chobham Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Map of Chobham Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 119. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  4. ^ "Designated Sites View: Chobham Common". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Designated Sites View: Thames Basin Heaths". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Designated Sites View: the Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Earthwork NW of Childown Farm on Chobham Common (1005951)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Memorial Cross, Chobham Common (1294242)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  9. ^ Historic England. "'Bee Garden' earthwork on Albury Bottom (1005950)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Chobham Common". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Gracious Pond". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 5 November 2018.