Whitmoor Common

{{Short description|Nature preserve in England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| image = Whitmoor Common - geograph.org.uk - 696861.jpg

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| name = Whitmoor Common

| aos = Surrey

| interest = Biological

| gridref = {{Gbmappingsmall|SU 984 536}}

| area = {{Convert|166.0|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

| notifydate = 1993

| map = [https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001865%27 Magic Map]

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Whitmoor Common is a {{convert| 166 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Guildford in Surrey.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001865&SiteName=&countyCode=41&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Whitmoor Common | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 21 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001865%27 |title=Map of Whitmoor Common|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 21 November 2018}} It is part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9012141&SiteName=&countyCode=41&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Thames Basin Heaths | series= Special Protection Areas |publisher=Natural England|access-date =2 November 2018}} and the {{convert| 184.9 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} Whitmoor and Rickford Commons Local Nature Reserve,{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1082988&SiteName=&countyCode=41&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Whitmoor and Rickford Commons |series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| access-date=21 November 2018}}{{cite web|url= https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=Ref_CODE%3D%271082988%27|title=Map of Whitmoor and Rickford Commons|series= Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Natural England| access-date= 21 November 2018}} which is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.{{cite web|url= https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/nature-reserves/whitmoor-rickford-commons |title= Whitmoor & Rickford Commons |publisher= Surrey Wildlife Trust |access-date= 14 November 2018}}

This site on the heath of the London Basin has a variety of heathland habitats, as well as areas of woodland, meadow and still and running water. The heath has a nationally scarce spider, Oxyopes heterophthalmus and beetle Hyperaspis pseudopustulata and there are nationally important populations of several bird species.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001865.pdf |title=Whitmoor Common citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 21 November 2018}}

The site is open to the public.