Reigate Heath

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Surrey, England}}

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|name= Reigate Heath

|aos= Surrey

|interest=Biological

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|area= {{convert|61.7|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1986

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Reigate Heath is a {{convert| 61.7 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Reigate in Surrey.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001127&SiteName=&countyCode=41&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Reigate Heath | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 16 November 2018}}{{cite web|url= https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001127%27|title=Map of Reigate Heath|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 16 November 2018}} An area of {{convert|51.6|ha|acre|abbr=off}} is also a Local Nature Reserve.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009618&SiteName=&countyCode=41&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title= Reigate Heath|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England |accessdate= 16 November 2018}}{{cite web|url= https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=Ref_CODE%3D%271009618%27|title=Map of Reigate Heath|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 16 November 2018}} Seven bowl barrows dating to the Bronze Age are designated Scheduled Monuments.{{cite web|url=https://ancientmonuments.uk/england/surrey#.W-7q7OKnyUk|title=Scheduled Monuments in Surrey|publisher=Ancient Monuments|accessdate = 16 November 2018}}

Most of the site is heath and acidic grassland, with some areas of woodland and marshy meadow. One part is a golf course. The heath is mainly ling, bell heather and wavy hair-grass. Marshy meadows have Yorkshire fog, sharp-flowered rush, meadowsweet, wild angelica and marsh marigold.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001127.pdf |title=Reigate Heat citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 16 November 2018}}

There is public access to most of the site apart from the golf course.