Iping and Stedham Commons

Iping and Stedham Commons is a nature reserve owned and managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.[2] It is a 125.4-hectare (310-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (designated as Iping Common but covering both commons) near the villages of Iping and Stedham, west of Midhurst in West Sussex.[1][3] It is also a Local Nature Reserve[4][5] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.[6]

Iping Common

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	West Sussex
Grid reference	SU 849 219[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	125.4 hectares (310 acres)[1]
Notification	1986[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This is described by Natural England as one of the richest areas of heath in the county. Most of it is dry but there are also areas of wet heath, two ponds, woodland, scrub and grassland. It has a rich invertebrate fauna and breeding heathland birds include nightjars and stonechats.[7]

There is access from Elsted Road, which runs between the two commons.

References

1. "Designated Sites View: Iping Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
2. "Iping and Stedham Commons". Sussex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
3. "Map of Iping Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
4. "Iping Common (Stedham with Iping)". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
5. "Map of Iping Common (Stedham with Iping)". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
6. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 119. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
7. "Iping Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 1 May 2019.