Lead Organisation
Surrey Countryside Partnerships (Surrey County Council)
Partner Organisations
- Tandridge District Council
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
- London Borough of Sutton
- London Borough of Croydon
- Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
- Mole Valley District Council
Project Description
Surrey Countryside Partnerships provides a shared countryside management service for the core funding partners, which includes volunteer task programmes and a conservation grazing service.
We work on publicly and privately owned land across the North Downs from Dorking to Tatsfield and up into the urban fringe of south London, including the South London Downs NNR.
Project Location
Current project area covers Mole Valley District north of the A25, Reigate and Banstead Borough and Tandridge Borough north of M25, and all of Epsom and Ewell Borough, London Borough of Sutton and London Borough of Croydon.
Contribution to Big Chalk
Since the Surrey based Countryside Management Projects were set up, we have looked across borders and land ownerships to make links between habitats.
We have a small staff team and a large volunteer team supporting us, contributing more than 23,000 volunteer hours last year.
We manage chalk downland on several privately owned sites, as well as on land owned by our local authority partners, the City of London Corporation and Surrey Wildlife Trust.
We have many years of experience of implementing management schemes.
The Big Chalk vision matches our ambition and gives us the opportunity to share our experience and raise the profile of our work.