Tags: Site Of Special Scientific Interest.
West Hoathly is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the county of West Sussex England near the hamlet of Sharpthorne.The site is an active brickclay pit which has exposed 9 metres (30 ft) of sediments which reveal a gradual change from silty deposits to non silty. Its importance lies within its position within the London-Brabant Massif at a possible gap through which the Boreal Sea may have flowed.