Kent Wildlife Trust

Kent Wildlife Trust

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name = Kent Wildlife Trust


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website = [http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/ Kent Wildlife Trust website] The Kent Wildlife Trust is one of the largest of the wildlife trust organisations covering the county of Kent, England. Founded in 1958, Kent Wildlife Trust is the leading conservation charity for Kent and Medway – protecting wildlife, educating the public, influencing decision makers and restoring habitats. Our nature reserves include a range of habitats of extraordinary beauty, that accommodate much endangered wildlife. The Trust manages over 59 nature reserves covering more than 3,000 hectares of land for wildlife including over 55 miles of roadside nature reserve.

Main Reserves

(Pages with links are Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI))

*Bough Beech (near Bough Beech) (O.S. Map 188 TQ 496489)
*Burham Down (O.S. Map 188 TQ 735624)
*Burham Marsh (O.S.Map 188 TQ 714615)
*Cromer’s Wood (O.S. Map 178 TQ 906604)
*Darland Banks LNR (O.S. Map 178 TQ 792654)
*East Blean Woods LNR (O.S. Map 179 TR 194642)
*Holborough Marshes (O.S. Map 178 TQ 707626)
*Hothfield Common LNR (near Hothfield) (O.S. Map 189 TQ 972458)
*Kemsing Down (O.S. Map 188 TQ 550594)
*Longfield Chalk Bank (O.S. Map 177 TQ 569691)
*Lydden Temple Ewell NNR (James Teacher Reserve)(Near Lydden)(O.S. Map 179 TR 277453)
*Marden Meadow (Near Marden, Kent) (O.S. Map 188 TQ 763445)
*Oare Marshes LNR (O.S. Map 178 TR 013647)
*Park Gate Down (Hector Wilks Reserve) (O.S. Map 179 TR 168457)
*Polhill Bank (O.S. Map 188 TQ 510605)
*Queendown Warren LNR (O.S. Map 188 TQ 827629)
*Sandwich and Pegwell Bay NNR (O.S. Map 179 TR341632)
*Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve (near Sevenoaks) (O.S. Maps 188 TQ520565)
*South Swale LNR (O.S. Maps 178 & 179 TR 060648)
*Turner’s Field (O.S. Map 188 TQ 882340)
*West Blean (including Thornden Woods) (O.S. Map 179 TR 144633)
*Westfield Wood (O.S. Maps 178 & 188 TQ 755607)
*Yockletts Bank (O.S. Map 179 TR 125477)

Other Reserves

(Some have limited access)
*Brenchley Wood (OS Map 188 TQ 648420) - contains Roman remains, links to Julius Caesar's invasion of England
*Broadham Down (OS Map 179 TR 085538)
*Burnt Oak Wood (RESTRICTED ACCESS)
*Chiddingstone (OS Map 188 TQ 511470)
*Collingwood (OS Map 188 TQ 760292)
*Cowden Pound Pastures (OS Map 188 TQ 459433)
*Denton Bank (OS Map 179 TR 210454)
*Downe Bank (OS Map 177 TQ 438609) - site linked to Charles Darwin's Down House
*Fackenden Down (OS Map 188 TQ 531605)
*The Gill (OS Map 188 TQ 728385)
*Ham Fen (RESTRICTED ACCESS) - (one of a few sites where a colony of European Beavers was reintroduced in the UK)
*Hewitt's Chalk Bank (OS Map 177 TQ 480629)
*Hunstead Wood (Including Bigbury Wood, Joan Beech wood and South Blean Wood)(OS Map 179 TR 095568)
*Ivy Hatch (OS Map 188 TQ 587547)
*Kiln Wood (OS Map 189 TQ 886515)
*Oare Meadow (OS Map 178 TR 007628)
*Orlestone Forest (OS Map 189 TQ 981355)
*Parsonage Wood (OS Map 188 TQ 797329)
*Quarry Wood (OS Map 188 TQ 722518)
*Ruxley Gravel Pits (OS Map 177 TQ 474700) (see [http://www.ruxley-gravel-pits Ruxley Gravel Pit's SSSI Website] )
*Sladden Wood (OS Map 179 TR 257428)
*Smallman's Wood (RESTRICTED ACCESS)
*Stockbury Hill Wood (OS Map 178 TQ 836608)
*Stone Wood (OS Map 189 TQ 964370)
*Spong Wood (OS Map 179 TR 122455)
*Spuckles Wood & Kenneling Wood (OS Map 189 TQ 957525 & TQ 957518)
*Thornden Meadow (OS Map 179 TR 150645)
*Wattle Wood (OS Map 189 TQ 873354)
*Westerham Mines (OS Map 188 TQ 455530)

Visitor Centres

*Bough Beech Visitor Centre (near Bough Beech)
*Reculver Visitor Centre (situated within Reculver Towers site)
*Romney Marsh Visitor Centre (near Romney Marsh)
*Tyland Barn Visitor Centre (near Maidstone)
*Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve Visitor Centre (near Sevenoaks)

External links

* [http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/ Kent Wildlife Trust website]
* [http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/ Wildlife Trusts website]
* [http://www.ruxley-gravel-pits.org.uk/ Ruxley Gravel Pits SSSI website]


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