Clock House Brickworks

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location of Clock House Brickworks.
Location	Surrey
Grid reference	TQ 176 386[1]
Interest	Geological
Area	35.9 hectares (89 acres)[1]
Notification	1992[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Clock House Brickworks is a 35.9-hectare (89-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Capel in Surrey.^[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3]

The pit exposes temperate and subtropical palaeoenvironments of the Lower Cretaceous Weald Clay Group. The site is particularly important for its several thousand fossil insects, including the first described social insect, a termite. There are also aquatic plants, fish and reptiles.^[4]

The site is private land with no public access.

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51°08′06″N 0°19′16″W / 51.135°N 0.321°W / 51.135; -0.321