Heathfield Park SSSI is a biological
Site of Special Scientific Interest east of
Heathfield in
East Sussex.
It is part of
Heathfield Park
Heathfield Park is an English country house and walled park in the village of Old Heathfield in East Sussex.
History
Originally called Bayley Park, the mansion was begun by James Plummer in 1677 and continued by Raymond Blackmore in the early ...
, a
Grade II* listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ir ...
and park.
This is a steep valley carved by a stream. The sheltered wooded habitat has a warm and moist microclimate and it has a number of plant species usually restricted to western Britain, such as
Cornish moneywort
''Sibthorpia europaea'' is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Cornish moneywort. It can be found as a disjunct distribution in Western Europe from the Azores, Portugal and Spain to south-western Ireland and south-western Unit ...
,
hay-scented buckler-fern and the liverwort ''
Frullania tamarisci
''Frullania tamarisci'' is a species of liverwort
The Marchantiophyta () are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in ...
''. The site is also important for lichens and 76 species have been recorded.
The site is private land with no public access.
References
{{SSSIs East Sussex
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex