Since 1994, in consultation with the District Council and the University of Sussex, the Friends group have managing the area and for conservation of the flora and fauna and the public’s enjoyment.

The richness of the area for wildlife is under threat by the encroaching housing developments of the Northern Arc and the pressures dog walking and other activities local housing will bear on the area.

Buttercup and ox-eye daisy dominate visually, but yellow rattle is also abundant.

It hosts the scarce grass rivulet moths and dormice and there are rare plants such as ragged robin and sneezewort.

They have many bluebells and other flowers, which host a diverse range of insects and arachnids, including wasp beetle, burnet companion moth, yellow crab spider, cucumber green spider (often near hedges) and a host of others.