Hackhurst and White Downs

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title: "Hackhurst and White Downs" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surrey-wildlife-trust", "local-nature-reserves-in-surrey", "sites-of-special-scientific-interest-in-surrey", "nature-conservation-review-sites", "hills-of-surrey"] description: "Protected area in Surrey, England" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackhurst_and_White_Downs" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Protected area in Surrey, England ::

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Field	Value
image	Hackhurst Downs - geograph.org.uk - 72214.jpg
image_caption	Hackhurst Downs
name	Hackhurst and White Downs
aos	Surrey
interest	Biological
gridref
area	185.1 ha
notifydate	1986
map	Magic Map
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|image= Hackhurst Downs - geograph.org.uk - 72214.jpg |image_caption = Hackhurst Downs |name= Hackhurst and White Downs |aos= Surrey |interest=Biological |gridref= |area= 185.1 ha |notifydate= 1986 |map= Magic Map Hackhurst and White Downs is a 185.1 ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Dorking in Surrey. White Downs is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and part of it is in the 200 ha White Downs nature reserve, which is owned by the Wotton Estate and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT). Hackhurst Downs is a 29.9 ha Local Nature Reserve, which part of the 40 ha Hackhurst Downs nature reserve, which is owned by Surrey County Council and also managed by the SWT.

This steeply sloping land is a shared escarpment with Ranmore Common, amounting to an almost whole section of the North Downs, which has grassland, secondary woodland and scrub. It has a rich invertebrate fauna with forty species of butterfly, including adonis blue, chalkhill blue, brown hairstreak, Duke of Burgundy fritillary, marbled white and silver-spotted skipper.

References

References

1. "Designated Sites View: Hackhurst and White Downs". Natural England.
2. "Map of Hackhurst and White Downs". Natural England.
3. (1977). "A Nature Conservation Review". Cambridge University Press.
4. "White Downs". Surrey Wildlife Trust.
5. "Hackhurst Downs". Natural England.
6. "Map of Hackhurst Downs". Natural England.
7. "Hackhurst Downs". Surrey Wildlife Trust.
8. "Hackhurst and White Downs citation". Natural England.

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