Brockham Limeworks


Brockham Limeworks is a nature reserve north of Brockham in Surrey. It is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. Part of it is a Scheduled Monument, and it is part of the Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation.
Digging on this former chalk quarry continued on the site until 1936. It had two batteries of lime kilns, which have become roosting sites for bats. Some of the floor of the quarry has become species rich chalk grassland, with plants such as broad-leaved helleborine and pyramidal, common spotted, fragrant and bee orchids.
There is access from The Coombe in Betchworth.