Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill facts for kids
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Area of Search | West Sussex |
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| Interest | Biological Geological |
| Area | 321.0 hectares (793 acres) |
| Notification | 1986 |
| Location map | [TQ 250 112 Magic Map] |
Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill is a 321-hectare (790-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and it includes Devil's Dyke Geological Conservation Review site.
Most of this site on the slope of the South Downs is unimproved chalk grassland, which has a diverse flora with around 40 flowering plants per square metre. Invertebrates include a nationally important assemblage of harvestmen. Devil's Dyke is geologically important as an example of Pleistocene erosion of a dry chalk valley.
Images for kids
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Anchor Bottom at Sunset
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Pathway to Fulking from Perching Hill
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Cowslips on Devil's Dyke
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Newtimber Hill
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Newtimber Holt
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Juniper, West Sussex
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