Hackhurst and White Downs

Hackhurst and White Downs is a 185.1 ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Dorking in Surrey. White Downs is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and part of it is in the 200 ha White Downs nature reserve, which is owned by the Wotton Estate and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust  (SWT). Hackhurst Downs is a 29.9 ha Local Nature Reserve, which part of the 40 ha Hackhurst Downs nature reserve, which is owned by Surrey County Council and also managed by the SWT.

This steeply sloping land is a shared escarpment with Ranmore Common, amounting to an almost whole section of the North Downs, which has grassland, secondary woodland and scrub. It has a rich invertebrate fauna with forty species of butterfly, including adonis blue, chalkhill blue, brown hairstreak, Duke of Burgundy fritillary, marbled white and silver-spotted skipper.