Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) was founded in 1959 as Surrey Naturalists' Trust and it is one of forty-six wildlife trusts covering Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Alderney. SWT carries out conservation activities on a considerable area of Surrey County Council's large countryside estate and also manages land on behalf of the Ministry of Defence estate. As of 2022 the SWT manages more than of land for wildlife and employs more than 100 staff. It had an income of £5.1 million and expenditure of £5.7 million. As of April 2022 the SWT manages sixty-eight nature reserves. Thirty-one are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, nine are Special Protection Areas, eight are Special Areas of Conservation, one is a national nature reserve, twelve are local nature reserves, four are Nature Conservation Review sites, two are Geological Conservation Reviews, five include scheduled monuments and two are listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. Surrey is a county in South East England. It has an area of and an estimated population of 1.19 million as of 2017. It is bordered by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. Its top level of government is provided by Surrey County Council and the lower level by eleven boroughs and districts, Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley and Woking. Key Public access FP = public access to footpaths through the site No = No public access PL = public access at limited times PP = public access to part of the site Yes = public access to the whole or most of the site Classifications GCR = Geological Conservation Review LNR = Local nature reserve NCR = Nature Conservation Review NNR = National nature reserve RHPG = Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest SAC = Special Area of Conservation SM = Scheduled monument SPA = Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds SSSI = Site of Special Scientific Interest Sites See also List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey List of Local Nature Reserves in Surrey Notes References Sources External links Surrey Wildlife Trust website Organisations based in Surrey Wildlife Trusts of England Environment of Surrey 1959 establishments in England