Wotton and Abinger Commons

{{Short description|Surrey nature reserve}}

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

{{infobox park

| name = Wotton and Abinger Commons

| photo = Highashes Hill - geograph.org.uk - 575584.jpg

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| type = Nature reserve

| grid_ref_UK = TQ132454

| location = Dorking, Surrey

| area = {{convert| 324 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}

| manager = Surrey Wildlife Trust

}}

Wotton and Abinger Commons is a {{convert| 324 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} nature reserve south-west of Dorking in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.{{cite web|url= https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/nature-reserves/wotton-abinger-commons |title= Wotton and Abinger Commons |publisher= Surrey Wildlife Trust |accessdate= 6 December 2018}} Part of it is in Leith Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000922&SiteName=&countyCode=41&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Leith Hill | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 14 November 2018}}

Abinger Common, which was formerly a grazing heath, is a wood with sessile oak dominant and a shrub layer of holly and bilberry. Wotton Common has many paths and bridleways through calcareous grassland, heath and woodland.

The site has several entrances listed on the reserve website.

{{commons category|Wotton and Abinger Commons}}

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Category:Surrey Wildlife Trust