Netherside Stream Outcrops is a geological
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...
north-east of
Haslemere
The town of Haslemere () and the villages of Shottermill and Grayswood are in south west Surrey, England, around south west of London. Together with the settlements of Hindhead and Beacon Hill, they comprise the civil parish of Haslemere i ...
in
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
.
It is a
Geological Conservation Review site.
This is the
Type locality for the Netherside Sand Member of the
Weald Clay Group
Weald Clay or the Weald Clay Formation is a Lower Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit underlying areas of South East England, between the North and South Downs, in an area called the Weald Basin. It is the uppermost unit of the Wealden Group of ro ...
, dating to the
Lower Cretaceous around 130 million years ago. Upward sloping sandstone has fossil
Lycopodites plants in vertical life positions.
A public footpath runs through the site.
References
External links
Surrey County Council map of SSSIs
{{SSSIs Surrey
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey
Geological Conservation Review sites