Blindley Heath SSSI

{{Short description|UK Site of Specific Scientific Interest}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox SSSI

|image= Site of Special Scientific Interest at Blindley Heath - geograph.org.uk - 3494533.jpg

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|name= Blindley Heath

|aos= Surrey

|interest=Biological

|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|TQ 367 448}}

|area= {{convert|26.3|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1984

|map=[https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004437%27 Magic Map]

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Blindley Heath SSSI is a {{convert|26.3 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the hamlet Blindley Heath, on the southern outskirts of Godstone in Surrey.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004437&SiteName=&countyCode=41&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Blindley Heath | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 3 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004437%27 |title=Map of Blindley Heath|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 3 November 2018}} It is also a Local Nature Reserve.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008789&SiteName=Blindley%20Heath&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Blindley Heath |series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England |access-date= 25 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=Ref_CODE%3D%271008789%27 |title=Map of Blindley Heath|series= Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Natural England| access-date= 3 November 2018}} It is owned by Godstone Parish Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust{{cite web|url=https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/nature-reserves/blindley-heath |title= Blindley Heath |publisher= Surrey Wildlife Trust |access-date= 3 November 2018}}

This damp grassland site on Weald Clay has a rich flora. There are also a number of ponds and a stretch of the Ray Brook runs through the heath. The grassland is dominated by tussock grass and there are scattered oaks, hawthorns, willows and blackthorns.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1004437.pdf |title=Blindley Heath citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 3 November 2018}}

There is access from Ray Lane.