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Box Hill

Surrey · Woodland · chalk downland with box and yew woodland

National Trust - National Trust
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Box Hill is a 224-metre chalk summit of the North Downs owned largely by the National Trust, part of the Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SSSI. It holds internationally significant box and yew woodland alongside chalk grassland.

Soil: thin chalk soils over the North Downs escarpment, alkaline and free-draining

Dominant species: box, yew, beech, ash

Parking: National Trust pay-and-display car park at the summit

What you might find here

Based on habitat type - always identify what you actually see, don't assume it matches this list.

Blackberry Elderflower & Elderberry Hawthorn berries Sloe (Blackthorn)

Source: Wikipedia