Malling Down is an nature reserve on the eastern outskirts of
Lewes
Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of ...
in
East Sussex
East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel coast. It is bordered by Kent to the north and east, West Sussex to the west, and Surrey to the north-west. The largest settlement in East Su ...
. It is managed by the
Sussex Wildlife Trust.
It is part of
Lewes Downs
Lewes Downs is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Lewes in East Sussex. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I and a Special Area of Conservation. Part of it is a national nature reserve, part is Malling Down ...
, which is a
Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.
Special Area of Conservation and
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 ...
.
The
South Downs site is chalk grassland, which is one of Britain's richest habitats for flowers. There are many orchids including the widespread
common spotted and
fragrant and rarer ones such as the
musk and
frog orchid.
References
{{Sussex Wildlife Trust
Sussex Wildlife Trust