Brockham Limeworks

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Surrey, United Kingdom}}

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

{{Infobox park

| name = Brockham Limeworks

| photo = Brockham Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 869869.jpg

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| type = Nature reserve

| grid_ref_UK = TQ205513

| location = Brockham, Surrey

| area = {{convert| 45|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

}}

Brockham Limeworks is a {{convert|45 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} nature reserve north of Brockham in Surrey. It is owned by Surrey County Council. Part of it is a Scheduled Monument,{{NHLE|num= 1021322 |desc= Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone min | accessdate= 29 November 2018}} and it is part of the Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment Site of Special Scientific Interest{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000977&SiteName=&countyCode=41&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 9 November 2018}} and Special Area of Conservation.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0012804&SiteName=&countyCode=41&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment | series= Special Areas of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 28 October 2018}}

Digging on this former chalk quarry continued on the site until 1936. It had two batteries of lime kilns, which have become roosting sites for bats. Some of the floor of the quarry has become species rich chalk grassland, with plants such as broad-leaved helleborine and pyramidal, common spotted, fragrant and bee orchids.

There is access from The Coombe in Betchworth.

From 1962 the limeworks was home to the Brockham Railway Museum, a collection of narrow-gauge locomotives and rolling stock. A short demonstration line was built. The museum closed in 1982, and most of the exhibits were moved to the Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre.