Bevendean Down
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| Type | Local Nature Reserve |
| Location | Brighton, East Sussex |
| OS grid | TQ 337 066 |
| Area | 64.6 hectares (160 acres) |
| Managed by | Tenant farmers and others |
Bevendean Down is a 64.6-hectare (160-acre)
It is mainly chalk grassland and there are also areas of woodland and scrub. This site is in five separate blocks.Bevendean Down and Hogtrough Bottom
Bevendean Down itself is above Heath Hill Avenue and Norwich Drive. Its south and east bank form one of block of the Local nature reserve. The southern area has a
The eastern bank is called Hogtrough Bottom and has a mixture of taller grasses, short
Bevendean Bank
Another block of the Reserve is a wood on a slope between Norwich Drive and Heath Hill Avenue. Within the wood is a remarkable secret glade that the
Heath Hill, Race Hill and Race Valley
The hill running from Auckland Drive to Warren road is called Heath Hill (TQ 342 060) and as its name implies it was once a place of heather and gorse. The east and west of the Hill are part of the Bevendean LNR. In the past these were areas of old Down pasture on the hill where
Race Hill and Valley have paddocks that managed and grazed by the Southdown Riding Stables (TQ 335 058) and Inglesíde Stables. They have not received agro-chemicals since the 1950s and have become rich in wildlife. Swallows and swifts, bats and dung beetles, rooks and woodpecker and the troll-like hornet robberfly all survive on the rich supply of insects attracted by the pony dung.[4] The farmsteads of Southdown's and Ingleside Stables are targeted for housing development within Brighton and Hove City Council's draft City Plan (Part 2).[7]
Hog Plantation
Hog Plantation combe (TQ 342 077) is a valley behind East Moulsecoomb and Falmer School. Despite its diversity, it is still rather a ‘secret’ site, which deserves far wider recognition. There has been massive scrub clearance, re-fencing and grazing by the tenant farmer with the Council. The slopes have a top fringe of gorse and thorn which host the
Moulsecoombe Estate and Manton allotments and woods
Moulsecoombe Estate and Manton allotments and woods are the final block of Bevendean Down Local nature reserve.[2]
References
- ^ "Bevendean Down". Brighton and Hove City Council. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
- ^ a b c "Bevendean Down". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Map of Bevendean Down". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ OCLC 701098669.
- ^ "Bevendean LNR". Butterfly Conservation - Sussex Branch. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "About Race Hill Community Orchard". Brighton Permaculture Trust. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "City Plan Part Two". Brighton and Hove City Council. Retrieved 2024-01-02.