Lower Dicker

Lower Dicker is a 0.1-hectare (0.25-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Hailsham in East Sussex.

The sandstone units of the Weald Clay Group represent river deposits which periodically extended into the Wealden lake or lagoon.

The mineralogy of these sandstones reflects their provenance and they are therefore of great importance for understanding the changes which took place in the palaeogeography of the Weald.

Upper Dicker provides the most southerly exposure of any of the Weald Clay sand members in Britain.

It is also important for marking the furthest known extension eastwards of Cornubian (what is today Devon and Cornwall) debris (pieces of rock incorporated into the sandstones and clays), indicating the presence of a river system extending out of south-west England at this time.