Shabden Park
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Shabden Park is a nature reserve in Chipstead in
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. It is owned by
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and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust and is part of the Chipstead Downs
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. This is a working farm which has wildflower meadows on chalk grassland together with areas of woodland. It has a nationally scarce species of
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and other fauna include Roesel's bush-cricket and a variety of birds and butterflies. There is access to footpaths through the farm only.


References

{{Surrey Wildlife Trust Surrey Wildlife Trust