Chinthurst Hill is a Local Nature Reserve south of

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. It is owned by

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and managed by

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. Chinthurst Hill Tower is a Grade II

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. The hill has woodland and dry acid grassland. There are woodland flowering plants such as

wood anemone The phrase wood anemone is used in common names for several closely related species of flowering plants in genus ''Anemonoides'', including: * ''Anemonoides nemorosa'', the ''wood anemone'' in Europe and Asia * ''Anemonoides quinquefolia'', the ''w ...

yellow archangel ''Lamiastrum galeobdolon'', the yellow archangel, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family (biology), family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe and western Asia but it is widely introduced in North America and elsewhere. It is the only s ...

, wood forget-me-not,

red campion ''Silene dioica'' ( syn. ''Melandrium rubrum''), known as red campion and red catchfly, is a herbaceous flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe and introduced to the Americas. Description It is a biennial or perennial plan ...

, common figwort,

butcher’s broom ''Ruscus aculeatus'', known as butcher's-broom, is a low evergreen dioecious Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves. Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne sing ...

and lady’s smock. There is access from Kings Road.

References

{{Surrey Wildlife Trust Surrey Wildlife Trust Local Nature Reserves in Surrey Locations in Guildford