LOC2453: Hog Cliff NNR is a chalk downland area comprising three separate sites centred on Hog Cliff Hill (Dorset)

Hog Cliff National Nature Reserve (NNR) is made up of three separate land parcels centred on Hog Cliff Hill. Lying within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, habitats within the NNR include unimproved chalk downland and two small areas of ancient woodland, mostly made up of Oak and Ash. Traditional grazing and farming methods have shaped the landscape and habitats ofthe reserve and preserved local archaeology; with Medieval field patterns, strip lynchets and oldfield boundaries all found on the site. (Dorset)