Sullington Warren
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | West Sussex |
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Grid reference | TQ 097 144[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 24.7 hectares (61 acres)[1] |
Notification | 16985[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Sullington Warren is a 24.7-hectare (61-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Storrington in West Sussex.[1][2] The site includes several tumuli which are Scheduled Monuments.[3][4]
It is owned by the National Trust.[5] The National Trust initially purchased 28 acres of land in 1935, with funds raised via a public subscription. Chanctonbury District Council acquired the remaining 35 acres in 1959. Their successor, Horsham District Council, gifted the 35 acres to the National Trust in 1985.[5]
Most of this site is dry heath, but there are also areas of wet heath, scrub, bracken, woodland and grassland. Fauna include adders, lizards[5] and insects such as the Sulligton Crane fly.[6] Flora on the wet heath includes hare's-tail cottongrass and the insectivorous round-leaved sundew. Woodland birds include all three British species of woodpecker, treecreepers, long-tailed tits, nuthatches, nightingales and kestrels.[7]
Located on site are the remains of a 19th-century windmill on the south side of the Warren.[8] The windmill was destroyed by a fire in 1911.[5]
There is access to the site from Water Lane.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Sullington Warren". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Map of Sullington Warren". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Pair of bowl barrows 280m SE of Trinity Methodist Church, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Sullington Warren (1014956)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Group of three bowl barrows 350m SE of Trinity Methodist Church, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Sullington Warren (1014942)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Sullington Warren". National Trust. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Sullington Warren – Flora and Fauna". Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Sullington Warren citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ District, Discover Horsham (2020-02-03). "Sullington Warren". Discover Horsham District. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ Lucy (2022-10-13). "A Walk at Sullington Warren, West Sussex". Sussex Exclusive. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
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- Adur Estuary
- Amberley Mount to Sullington Hill
- Amberley Wild Brooks
- Ambersham Common
- Arun Banks
- Arundel Park
- Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill
- Bognor Reef
- Bracklesham Bay
- Buchan Hill Ponds
- Burton Park
- Chanctonbury Hill
- Chapel Common
- Chichester Harbour
- Chiddingfold Forest
- Cissbury Ring
- Clayton to Offham Escarpment
- Climping Beach
- Coates Castle
- Cow Wood and Harry's Wood
- Duncton to Bignor Escarpment
- East Dean Park Wood
- Ebernoe Common
- Fairmile Bottom
- Forest Mere
- Fyning Moor
- Halnaker Chalk Pit
- Harting Downs
- Heyshott Down
- House Copse
- Hurston Warren
- Iping Common
- Kingley Vale
- Lavington Common
- Levin Down
- The Mens
- Mills Rocks
- Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse
- Pads Wood
- Pagham Harbour
- Parham Park
- Pulborough Brooks
- Rake Hanger
- Rook Clift
- Shillinglee Lake
- Singleton and Cocking Tunnels
- St Leonard's Forest
- St Leonard's Park Ponds
- Sullington Warren
- Treyford to Bepton Down
- Upper Arun
- Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods
- Waltham Brooks
- West Dean Woods
- West Harting Down
- Wolstonbury Hill
- Woolbeding and Pound Commons
- Woolmer Forest
- Worth Forest
- Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill
- Bognor Common Quarry
- Bognor Reef
- Bracklesham Bay
- Chantry Mill
- Chichester Harbour
- Coneyhurst Cutting
- Coppedhall Hanger
- Eartham Pit, Boxgrove
- Felpham
- Freshfield Lane
- Horton Clay Pit
- Marehill Quarry
- Pagham Harbour
- Park Farm Cutting
- Perry Copse Outcrop
- Philpot's and Hook Quarries
- Selsey, East Beach
- Slinfold Stream and Quarry
- Stone Hill Rocks
- Turners Hill
- Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods
- Warnham
- West Hoathly