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[[File:Chalk Cliffs, Pegwell Bay - geograph.org.uk - 1546406.jpg|thumb|350px|alt=Pegwell Bay|[[Pegwell Bay]], which is part of [[Sandwich and Pegwell Bay]] nature reserve, may have been the site of [[Julius Caesar]]'s [[Caesar's invasions of Britain|landing in Britain]] in 54 BC.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sample|first1=Ian|title=Caesar's invasion of Britain began from Pegwell Bay in Kent, say archaeologists|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/caesars-invasion-of-britain-began-from-pegwell-bay-in-kent-say-archaeologists|access-date=29 November 2017|work=The Guardian|date=29 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129065312/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/caesars-invasion-of-britain-began-from-pegwell-bay-in-kent-say-archaeologists|archive-date=29 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>]]
'''Kent Wildlife Trust''' (KWT) is a [[Conservation movement|conservation]] charity in the United Kingdom that was founded in 1958, previously known as the Kent Trust for Nature Conservation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whoweare|title=About us|publisher=Kent Wildlife Trust|access-date=24 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114184332/http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whoweare|archive-date=14 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It aims to "work with people to restore, save and improve our natural spaces" and to "ensure that 30% of Kent and Medway&nbsp;– land and sea&nbsp;– is managed to create a healthy place for wildlife to flourish".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/about/who-we-are|title=About us|publisher=Kent Wildlife Trust|access-date=6 August 2018|archive-date=19 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719143034/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/about/who-we-are|url-status=live}}</ref>  In 2023, they have reported over 30,000 members and an annual income of £8&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/hr_kwt_annual_review_2017_a4_final.pdf|title=2016 Annual Review|publisher=Kent Wildlife Trust|access-date=24 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106064114/http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/hr_kwt_annual_review_2017_a4_final.pdf|archive-date=6 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> KWT manages over ninety nature reserves in Kent, of which thirty-seven are [[Sites of Special Scientific Interest]], three are [[National nature reserve (United Kingdom)|national nature reserve]]s, five are [[Special Areas of Conservation]], four are [[Special Protection Area]]s, six are [[local nature reserve]]s, thirty-eight are in [[Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty]] and one is a [[scheduled monument]].

[[Kent]] is a county in the southeastern corner of England. It is bounded to the north by [[Greater London]] and the [[Thames Estuary]], to the west by [[Sussex]] and [[Surrey]], and to the south and east by the [[English Channel]] and the [[North Sea]]. The county town is [[Maidstone]].<ref name=brit>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Kent-county-England|title=Kent|publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=15 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422234912/https://www.britannica.com/place/Kent-county-England|archive-date=22 April 2018}}</ref> It is governed by [[Kent County Council]], with twelve [[Districts of England|district councils]]: [[Ashford Borough Council|Ashford]], [[Canterbury City Council|Canterbury]], [[Dartford Borough Council|Dartford]], [[Dover District Council|Dover]], [[Folkestone & Hythe District|Folkestone and Hythe]], [[Gravesham Borough Council|Gravesham]], [[Maidstone Borough Council|Maidstone]], [[Thanet District Council|Thanet]], [[Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council|Tonbridge and Malling]] and [[Tunbridge Wells Borough Council|Tunbridge Wells]]. [[Medway Council|Medway]] is geographically part of Kent but is a separate [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council/how-the-council-works/district-councils|title=District councils|publisher=Kent County Council|access-date=15 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027135727/http://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council/how-the-council-works/district-councils|archive-date=27 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web  | title = Council and democracy  | publisher=Kent County Council | url = http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/  | access-date =19 April 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070206185542/http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/ |archive-date = 6 February 2007}}</ref> The chalk hills of the [[North Downs]] run from east to west through the county, with the wooded [[Weald]] to the south. The coastline is alternately flat and cliff-lined.<ref name=brit/>

==Nature reserves==
===Key===
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====Public access====
* '''FP'''   = Access to footpaths only
* '''NO '''  = No public access to the site
* '''YES '''  = Free public access to all or most of the site
* '''PP'''   = Public access to part of the site
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====Classifications====
*'''AONB''' = [[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]]
*'''GCR''' = [[Geological Conservation Review]] site
*'''LNR''' = [[Local nature reserve]]
*'''NCR''' = [[Nature Conservation Review]] site
*'''NNR''' = [[National nature reserve (United Kingdom)|National nature reserve]]
*'''Ramsar''' = [[Ramsar site]], an internationally important wetland site
*'''SAC''' = [[Special Area of Conservation]]
*'''SM''' = [[Scheduled monument]]
*'''SPA''' = [[Special Protection Area]]
*'''SSSI''' = [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]]
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==Sites==
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!scope="col" | Site
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Photograph
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Area{{efn|name=KWT|The area and location are taken from the Wildlife Trust page for each site.}} 
!scope="col" | Location{{efn|name=KWT}}
!scope="col" |Public access
!scope="col" |Classifications
!scope="col" class="unsortable" |Description
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! scope="row"|{{Anchor|A}} [[Ashford Warren and Hoads Wood]]<ref name=ash>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/ashford-warren-hoads-wood |title= Ashford Warren & Hoads Wood |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041701/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/ashford-warren-hoads-wood |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:The pond in the Warren - geograph.org.uk - 1309119.jpg|100px|alt=Ashford Warren]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   34.5  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]]<br/>{{coord| 51.160|0.862     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Ashford Warren & Hoads Wood  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|TR002439   }}
|align="center"|YES
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|This site has acid grassland, which is [[British nature conservation statuses|nationally rare]], and mature woodland. There are also pools which have [[water violet]]s, [[great crested newt]]s and [[grass snake]]s.<ref name=ash/>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|B}}[[Bigbury Camp]]<ref name=big>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/bigbury-camp |title= Bigbury Camp |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041743/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/bigbury-camp |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Bigbury Camp hillfort 03.JPG|100px|alt=Bigbury Camp]]
| Not <br>available
|[[Canterbury]]<br/>{{coord|  51.279|1.034    |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Bigbury Camp   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TR117577 }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Scheduled Monument|SM]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1005169|title= Bigberry Camp: List Entry 1005169|publisher= Historic England|access-date= 25 January 2018|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070808/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1005169|archive-date= 26 January 2018|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
|This [[Iron Age]] hillfort may have been the site of a battle when [[Julius Caesar]] [[Caesar's invasions of Britain|invaded Britain]] in 55 BC. It is now part of Howfield Wood.<ref name=big/>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Blue Bell Hill]]<ref name=blue>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/blue-bell-hill |title= Blue Bell Hill |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717071019/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/blue-bell-hill |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Bluebell Hill view point - geograph.org.uk - 56032.jpg|100px|alt=Blue Bell Hill]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  5   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]]<br/>{{coord|51.331|0.501      |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Blue Bell Hill }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ743621  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]],<ref name=blue/> [[Nature Conservation Review|NCR]],<ref>Ratcliffe, p. 118</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref name=wtesssi>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001339&SiteName=wouldha&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: Wouldham to Detling Escarpment |series=  Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  15 January 2018 |archive-date=  18 July 2018 |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180718214752/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001339&SiteName=wouldha&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status=  live }}</ref>
|This hill has typical chalk grassland flora such as [[salad burnet]], [[bird's foot trefoil]] and [[fairy flax]]. Butterflies include the [[chalk hill blue]] and [[brown argus]].<ref name=blue/>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Brenchley Wood]]<ref name=brench>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/brenchley-wood |title= Brenchley Wood |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717071039/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/brenchley-wood |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Brenchley Wood 6.jpg|100px|alt=Brenchley Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   15  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Tonbridge]]<br/>{{coord|   51.154|0.355   |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Brenchley Wood  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ648420  }}
|align="center"|YES
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|This ancient wood is dominated by mature [[beech]] and [[oak]] trees. A former pine plantation in the north of the site is now being restored to heathland.<ref name=brench/>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Broadham Down]]<ref name=broad>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/broadham-down |title= Broadham Down |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041703/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/broadham-down |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Broadham Down 8.jpg|100px|alt=Broadham Down]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  16   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Canterbury]]<br/>{{coord|  51.245|0.986    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Broadham Down  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TR085538  }}
|align="center"|YES
|
|This nature reserve has views over the [[River Stour, Kent|Stour]] Valley. Three species of bat hibernate on the site, which has chalk grassland, woodland and scrub. Flowering plants include [[Fragrant Orchid|fragrant]] and [[Dactylorhiza fuchsii|common spotted]] [[orchid]]s.<ref name=broad/>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Burham Down]]<ref name=burd>{{cite web  |url=https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/burham-down  |title=Burham Down  |publisher=Kent Wildlife Trust  |access-date=16 July 2018  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717071027/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/burham-down  |archive-date=17 July 2018  |url-status=live  |df=dmy-all  }}</ref>
|[[File:Burham Down 4.jpg|100px|alt=Burham Down]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|110     |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]]<br/>{{coord| 51.334|0.489     |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Burham Down   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ735624 }}
|align="center"|{{abbr|PP|Public access to part of the site}}
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]],<ref name=sssiwd>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001339.pdf|title=Wouldham to Detling Escarpment citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=3 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102080023/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001339.pdf|archive-date=2 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Nature Conservation Review|NCR]],<ref name="Ratcliffe, p. 47">Ratcliffe, p. 47</ref> [[Special Area of Conservation|SAC]],<ref>{{cite web   |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030225&SiteName=north%20downs&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |title=Designated Sites View: North Downs Woodlands   |series=Special Area of Conservation   |publisher=Natural England   |access-date=16 January 2018   |archive-date=18 July 2018   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718222113/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030225&SiteName=north%20downs&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |url-status=live   }}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001339&SiteName=wouldham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: Wouldham to Detling Escarpment |series=  Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  3 March 2018 |url-status=  live |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180524183710/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001339&SiteName=wouldham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date=  24 May 2018 |df=  dmy-all }}</ref> 
|This site has woodland, chalk grassland, and two chalk pits which provide shelter for birds in the winter and breeding sites in the summer. Woodland flora include orchids.<ref name=burd/>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Burham Marsh]]<ref name=burm>{{cite web |url= http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/burham-marsh |title= Burham Marsh |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041725/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/burham-marsh |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Burham Marsh 4.jpg|100px|alt=Burham Marsh]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|36     |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]]<br/>{{coord| 51.327|0.459     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Burham Marsh }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ714615  }}
|align="center"|{{abbr|FP|Access to footpaths only}}
|[[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web  |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003909&SiteName=burham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title= Designated Sites View: Holborough to Burham Marshes  |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest  |publisher= Natural England  |access-date= 9 February 2018  |url-status= live  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002926/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003909&SiteName=burham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |archive-date= 10 February 2018  |df= dmy-all  }}</ref>
|These tidal reedbeds on the [[River Medway]] provide habitats for waterfowl and waders such as [[Alcedo atthis|kingfishers]], [[cormorant]]s, [[heron]]s and [[geese]].<ref name=burm/>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|C}}[[Collingwood Nature Reserve|Collingwood]]<ref name=coll>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/collingwood |title= Collingwood |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070652/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/collingwood |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Collingwood Nature Reserve 6.jpg|100px|alt=Collingwood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 3    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Cranbrook, Kent|Cranbrook]]<br/>{{coord|    51.035|0.509  |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Collingwood  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|   TQ760292}}
|align="center"|YES
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|This reserve is woodland which has many exotic species as well as native trees. It is centred on a lake which has [[Nymphaeaceae|water lilies]] and [[bulrush]]es.<ref name=coll/>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Conningbrook Lakes Country Park]]<ref name=conn>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/conningbrook-lakes-country-park |title= Conningbrook Lakes Country Park |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717095930/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/conningbrook-lakes-country-park |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Conningbrook Lake - geograph.org.uk - 411359.jpg|100px|alt=Conningbrook Lakes Country Park]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|    34 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]]<br/>{{coord| 51.156|0.899     |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Conningbrook Lakes Country Park   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TR028436  }}
|align="center"|YES
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|There are three lakes in these former gravel pits, and other habitats are ponds, a river, grassland and wet woodland. In the winter there are migratory wildfowl and wetland birds such as [[wigeon]], [[tufted duck]] and [[gadwall]].<ref name=conn/>
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! scope="row"| [[Cowden Pound Pastures]]<ref name=cow>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/cowden-pound-pastures |title= Cowden Pound Pastures |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070713/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/cowden-pound-pastures |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Cowden Pound Pastures 6.jpg|100px|alt=Cowden Pound Pastures]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  6   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Edenbridge, Kent|Edenbridge]]<br/>{{coord|  51.170|0.086    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Cowden Pound Pastures }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ459433 }}
|align="center"|NO
|[[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1007128&SiteName=cowden&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: Cowden Pound Pastures |series=  Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  15 January 2018 |url-status=  live |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031412/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1007128&SiteName=cowden&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date=  13 March 2018 |df=  dmy-all }}</ref>
|This small valley has neutral grassland, ancient woodland and marshes. The middle field has one of the largest populations of [[Succisa pratensis|devil's bit scabious]] in Kent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1007128.pdf|title=Cowden Pound Pastures citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=12 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102080017/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1007128.pdf|archive-date=2 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| [[Cromers Wood]]<ref name=crom>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/cromers-wood |title= Cromers Wood |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717071128/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/cromers-wood |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Entrance to Cromer's Wood - geograph.org.uk - 1118099.jpg|100px|alt=Cromers Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  28   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Sittingbourne]]<br/>{{coord| 51.311|0.733     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Cromers Wood  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ906604 }}
|align="center"|YES
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|This ancient semi-natural wood is located on the south-east slope of a dry valley. Most of it is [[sweet chestnut]] [[coppice]] with [[oak]] standards.<ref name=crom/>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|D}}[[Darland Banks]]<ref name=dar>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/darland-banks |title= Darland Banks |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041718/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/darland-banks |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Path Up Darland Banks, Chatham - geograph.org.uk - 731400.jpg|100px|alt=Darland Banks]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   45  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]]<br/>{{coord|   51.359|0.572   |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Darland Banks  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|TQ792654   }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Local Nature Reserve|LNR]]<ref name=lnrdar>{{cite web      |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008864&SiteName=&countyCode=24&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=      |title= Designated Sites View: Darland Banks      |series= Local Nature Reserves      |publisher= Natural England      |access-date= 25 January 2018      |archive-date= 18 July 2018      |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180718222115/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008864&SiteName=&countyCode=24&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=      |url-status= live      }}</ref>
|This area of chalk grassland has diverse fauna and flora, including the largest population of [[man orchid]]s in Britain. There are birds such as [[willow warbler]], [[yellowhammer]], [[linnet]] and [[lesser whitethroat]].<ref name=dar/><ref name=lnrdar/>
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! scope="row"| [[Downe Bank]]<ref name=downe>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/downe-bank |title= Downe Bank |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070704/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/downe-bank |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Downe Bank.jpg|100px|alt=Downe Bank]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   5  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Orpington]]<br/>{{coord|51.329|0.063      |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Downe Bank   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ438609 }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web  |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/sitedetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003420&SiteName=downe&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title= Designated Sites View: Downe Bank and High Elms  |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest  |publisher= Natural England  |access-date= 25 January 2018  |archive-date= 18 July 2018  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180718222116/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/sitedetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003420&SiteName=downe&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |url-status= live  }}</ref>
||[[Charles Darwin]], who lived locally, carried out scientific research on the  chalk grassland  site, and it was the first to be purchased by the KWT in 1962.<ref name=downe/>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|E}}[[East Blean Woods|East Blean Wood]]<ref name=east>{{cite web|url=  https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/east-blean-wood-nnr|title=  East Blean Wood|publisher=  Kent Wildlife Trust|access-date=  16 July 2018|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041650/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/east-blean-wood-nnr|archive-date=  17 July 2018|url-status=  live|df=  dmy-all}}</ref>
|[[File:Looking SW through East Blean Woods - geograph.org.uk - 369466.jpg|100px|alt=East Blean Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 122    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Canterbury]]<br/>{{coord|   51.335|1.148   |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  East Blean Wood  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TR194642  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Nature Conservation Review|NCR]],<ref name=ebw>{{cite web|url=   https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003585&SiteName=blean&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=   Designated Sites View: East Blean Woods|series=   Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=   Natural England|access-date=   16 January 2018|archive-date=   16 July 2018|archive-url=   https://web.archive.org/web/20180716173249/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003585&SiteName=blean&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|url-status=   live}}</ref> [[National nature reserve (United Kingdom)|NNR]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1006017&SiteName=blean&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title=Designated Sites View: Blean Woods  | series= National Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 12 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=nnr>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kents-national-nature-reserves/kents-national-nature-reserves|title=Kent's National Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|date=2 August 2014|access-date=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124072455/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kents-national-nature-reserves/kents-national-nature-reserves|archive-date=24 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Special Area of Conservation|SAC]]<ref name=bleansac>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0013697&SiteName=blean&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: Blean Complex |series=  Special Area of Conservation |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  12 January 2018 |archive-date=  26 August 2021 |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20210826162850/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0013697&SiteName=blean&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status=  live }}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref name=ebw/>
|This site has mixed coppice with some mature [[oak]]s. Insects include the rare and protected [[heath fritillary]] butterfly, and there is a wide variety of woodland birds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003585.pdf|title=East Blean Woods citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=5 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102075941/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003585.pdf|archive-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|F}}[[Fackenden Down]]<ref name=fack>{{cite web|url=  https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/fackenden-down|title=  Fackenden Down|publisher=  Kent Wildlife Trust|access-date=  16 July 2018|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041710/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/fackenden-down|archive-date=  17 July 2018|url-status=  live|df=  dmy-all}}</ref>
|[[File:Fackenden Down 3.jpg|100px|alt=Fackenden Down]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 14    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Sevenoaks]]<br/>{{coord|  51.323|0.196    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Fackenden Down  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ531605  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]],<ref name=facksssi/> [[SSSI]]<ref name=facksssi>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000333&SiteName=otford&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: Otford to Shoreham Downs |series=  Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  18 January 2018 |archive-date=  23 February 2018 |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180223053559/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000333&SiteName=otford&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status=  live }}</ref>
|This site is mainly chalk grassland, with some woodland and scrub. There are a variety of orchids, and butterflies such as the [[brown argus]], [[common blue]] and [[dark green fritillary]].<ref name=fack/>
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! scope="row"|{{Anchor|G}} {{sortname|The| Gill|The Gill}}<ref name=gill>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/gill |title= The Gill |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180718222110/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/gill |archive-date= 18 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:The Gill 3.jpg|100px|alt=The Gill]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 12    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Cranbrook, Kent|Cranbrook]]<br/>{{coord|  51.120|0.468    |type:landmark_region:GB|name= The Gill   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ728385 }}
|align="center"|NO
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|This site has been planted with [[sweet chestnut]], which dominates most of it. Flora includes [[Hyacinthoides non-scripta|bluebells]], [[early purple orchid]]s and [[marsh-marigold]].<ref name=gill/>
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! scope="row"| [[Hewitt's Chalk Bank]]<ref name=hew>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/hewitts-chalk-bank |title= Hewitt's Chalk Bank |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070727/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/hewitts-chalk-bank |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Hewitt's Chalk Bank, chalk mound of waste from excavation of a railway tunnel.jpg|100px|alt=Hewitt's Chalk Bank]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 4    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Sevenoaks]]<br/>{{coord| 51.346|0.124     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Hewitt's Chalk Bank  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ480629  }}
|align="center"|NO
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|This former refuse tip has a large mound which is the soil from the excavation of a railway tunnel. Habitats are grassland and scrub, and unusual flora include [[grass vetchling]] and [[dark mullein]].<ref name=hew/>
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! scope="row"| [[Holborough Marshes]]<ref name=hol>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/holborough-marshes |title= Holborough Marshes |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041709/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/holborough-marshes |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Entrance to Holborough Marshes - geograph.org.uk - 1084250.jpg|100px|alt=Holborough Marshes]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  35   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Snodland]]<br/>{{coord|   51.337|0.449   |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Holborough Marshes   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ707626   }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003909&SiteName=holbor&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Holborough to Burham Marshes|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=25 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074421/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003909&SiteName=holbor&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|archive-date=10 March 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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The marshes have a variety of wetland habitats; freshwater marshes, woodland, brackish and tidal reedbeds, wet grassland, scrub, and freshwater and saline dykes. Flowers include the [[grey mouse-ear]].<ref name=hol/>
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! scope="row"| [[Hothfield Common|Hothfield Heathlands]]<ref name=hoth>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/hothfield-heathlands |title= Hothfield Heathlands |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070916/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/hothfield-heathlands |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Footpath junction in Hothfield Common - geograph.org.uk - 1605524.jpg|100px|alt=Hothfield Heathlands]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 86    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]]<br/>{{coord|    51.177|0.820  |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Hothfield Heathlands  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ972458  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Local Nature Reserve|LNR]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008966&SiteName=hothfield&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Hothfield Common |series=Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Natural England |access-date=15 January 2018 |archive-date=16 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716173251/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008966&SiteName=hothfield&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status=live }}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web|url=   https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001480&SiteName=hothfield&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Hothfield Common | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date =  15 January 2018}}</ref>
|This site has areas of heath and the best valley bog in the county, both habitats which are uncommon in Kent. Over a thousand insect species have been recorded, several of which are [[British nature conservation statuses|nationally rare]], such as the bee ''[[Lasioglossum semilucens]]'' and the cranefly ''[[Tipula holoptera]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001480.pdf|title=Hothfield Common citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=12 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102080026/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001480.pdf|archive-date=2 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|I}}[[Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve|Ivy Hatch]]<ref name=ivy>{{cite web |url= http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/ivy-hatch |title= Ivy Hatch |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070839/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/ivy-hatch |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Ivy Hatch nature reserve 6.jpg|100px|alt=Ivy Hatch]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 0.5    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Sevenoaks]]<br/>{{coord|  51.269|0.274    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Ivy Hatch  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ587547  }}
|align="center"|YES
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|Several streams run through this small site, and there are many wetland plants, including [[sphagnum moss]]. There are many [[common spotted orchid]]s, and trees such as [[Alnus glutinosa|alders]] and [[Corylus avellana|hazels]].<ref name=ivy/>
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! scope="row"|{{Anchor|K}} [[Kemsing Down]]<ref name=kem>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/kemsing-down |title= Kemsing Down |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041717/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/kemsing-down |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Kemsing Down 3.jpg|100px|alt=Kemsing Down]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 16    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Sevenoaks]]<br/>{{coord|  51.313|0.223    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Kemsing Down }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ550594 }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]]<ref name=kentdowns>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentdowns.org.uk/interactive-map|publisher=Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|title=Interactive Map|access-date=22 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104064926/http://www.kentdowns.org.uk/interactive-map|archive-date=4 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|Habitats in this downland site include ancient and secondary woodland, scrub and chalk grassland. There are [[Orchis anthropophora|man]], [[Anacamptis pyramidalis|pyramidal]] and [[Dactylorhiza fuchsii|common spotted]] [[orchid]]s, and butterflies include the [[brown argus]] and [[grizzled skipper]].<ref name=kem/>
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! scope="row"| [[Kiln Wood]]<ref name=kiln>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/kiln-wood |title= Kiln Wood |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041740/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/kiln-wood |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Kiln Wood 8.jpg|100px|alt=Kiln Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|6     |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Maidstone]]<br/>{{coord|  51.232|0.700    |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Kiln Wood   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ886515 }}
|align="center"|YES
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|This wood is mainly [[oak]], [[hornbeam]] and [[hazel]], and it is managed by coppicing. A stream at the northern end has [[Athyrium filix-femina|lady fern]], [[herb paris]] and [[broad buckler-fern]].<ref name=kiln/>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|L}}{{sortname|The| Larches|The Larches, Kent}}<ref name=larch>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/larches |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180719054132/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/larches |url-status= dead |archive-date= 19 July 2018 |title= The Larches |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 }}</ref>
|[[File:Beech trees on a track through The Larches near Boxley - geograph.org.uk - 870697.jpg|100px|alt=The Larches]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 25    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Maidstone]]<br/>{{coord| 51.299|0.562     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   The Larches }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ787587 }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]],<ref name=wtesssi/> [[Nature Conservation Review|NCR]],<ref>Ratcliffe, pp. 47, 118</ref> [[Special Area of Conservation|SAC]],<ref>{{cite web   |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030225&SiteName=north%20downs&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |title=Designated Sites View: North Downs Woodlands   |series=Special Area of Conservation   |publisher=Natural England   |access-date=16 January 2018   |archive-date=18 July 2018   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718222113/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030225&SiteName=north%20downs&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |url-status=live   }}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref name=wtesssi/>
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This site has chalk grassland, woods and scrub. Grassland flora include [[autumn gentian]], [[pyramidal orchid]] and [[broad-leaved helleborine]], and there are butterflies such as the [[chalkhill blue]] and [[Melanargia galathea|marbled white]].<ref name=larch/>
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! scope="row"| [[Lydden Temple Ewell]]<ref name=lyd>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/lydden-temple-ewell-james-teacher-reserve |title= Lydden Temple Ewell |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180718222111/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/lydden-temple-ewell-james-teacher-reserve |archive-date= 18 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs 1.JPG|100px|alt=File:Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   90  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Dover]]<br/>{{coord| 51.162|1.255     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Lydden Temple Ewell }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TR277453  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[NATURE CONSERVATION REVIEW|NCR]],<ref name=lte>{{cite web  |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000114&SiteName=lydd&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title= Designated Sites View: Lydden and Temple Ewell Down  |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest  |publisher= Natural England  |access-date= 16 January 2018  |archive-date= 21 August 2021  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210821101042/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000114&SiteName=lydd&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |url-status= live  }}</ref> [[National nature reserve (United Kingdom)|NNR]]<ref name=nnr/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1007158&SiteName=lydd&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Lydden Temple Ewell|series=National Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|access-date=16 January 2018|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718214757/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1007158&SiteName=lydd&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Special Area of Conservation|SAC]],<ref>{{cite web  |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0012834&SiteName=lydd&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title= Designated Sites View: Lydden & Temple Ewell Downs  |series= Special Area of Conservation  |publisher= Natural England  |access-date= 16 January 2018  |archive-date= 16 July 2018  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180716173251/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0012834&SiteName=lydd&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |url-status= live  }}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000114&SiteName=lydden&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title=Designated Sites View: Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 25 January 2018}}</ref>
|This site has some of the finest [[chalk downland]] in Europe. Flora include the [[Neotinea ustulata|burnt-tip]] and [[early spider orchid]]. There are butterflies such the [[Adonis blue]] and [[chalkhill blue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000114.pdf|title=Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=15 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102075938/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000114.pdf|archive-date=2 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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! scope="row"|{{Anchor|M}} [[Marden Meadows|Marden Meadow]]<ref name=mar>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/marden-meadow |title= Marden Meadow |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041745/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/marden-meadow |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Marden Meadow 2.jpg|100px|alt=Marden Meadow]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   5.6  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Tonbridge]]<br/>{{coord|  51.173|0.521    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=Marden Meadow    }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|TQ763445   }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000226&SiteName=marden&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: Marden Meadows |series=  Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  15 January 2018 |url-status=  live |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180313033008/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000226&SiteName=marden&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date=  13 March 2018 |df=  dmy-all }}</ref>
|These unimproved neutral meadows are cut for hay each year and then grazed. There are also ponds and hedgerows which are probably of ancient origin, and trees include [[midland hawthorn]]s and [[wild service-tree]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000226.pdf|title=Marden Meadows citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=12 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102075926/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000226.pdf|archive-date=2 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|N}}[[Nashenden Down]]<ref name=nash>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/nashenden-down |title= Nashenden Down |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070719/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/nashenden-down |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Nashenden Down 4.jpg|100px|alt=Nashenden Down]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   55  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]]<br/>{{coord|51.364|0.484      |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Nashenden Down  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ730657 }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]]<ref name=nash/>
|This nature reserve was created from a large arable field in 2009, and it is being regenerated with chalk grassland species, partly by colonisation from a steep bank which escaped ploughing and partly by seed spreading. An area of scrub provides a habitat for birds.<ref name=nash/>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|O}}[[Oare Marshes]]<ref name=oare>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/oare-marshes |title= Oare Marshes |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041653/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/oare-marshes |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Oare4374.JPG|100px|alt=Oare Marshes]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  81   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Faversham]]<br/>{{coord|  51.346|0.889    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Oare Marshes  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TR013647  }}
|align="center"|{{abbr|FP|Access to footpaths only}}
|[[Local Nature Reserve|LNR]],<ref>{{cite web  |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009277&SiteName=&countyCode=24&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title= Designated Sites View: Oare Marshes  |series= Local Nature Reserves  |publisher= Natural England  |access-date= 22 January 2018  |url-status= live  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210146/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009277&SiteName=&countyCode=24&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |archive-date= 24 May 2018  |df= dmy-all  }}</ref> [[Nature Conservation Review|NCR]]<ref>Ratcliffe, p. 4</ref> [[Ramsar Site|Ramsar]],<ref name=swaleram>{{cite web  |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11071&SiteName=swale&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title= Designated Sites View: The Swale  |series= Ramsar Site  |publisher= Natural England  |access-date= 22 January 2018  |archive-date= 19 September 2020  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200919105323/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11071&SiteName=swale&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |url-status= live  }}</ref> [[Special Protection Area|SPA]]<ref name=swalespa>{{cite web   |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9012011&SiteName=swale&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |title=Designated Sites View: The Swale   |series=Special Protection Area   |publisher=Natural England   |access-date=22 January 2018   |archive-date=11 June 2018   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611031626/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9012011&SiteName=swale&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |url-status=live   }}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref name=swalesssi>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003678&SiteName=swale&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: The Swale |series=  Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  22 January 2018 |archive-date=  11 June 2018 |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180611031559/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003678&SiteName=swale&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status=  live }}</ref>
|This site has salt marshes, fresh water dykes and reed beds. It is of international importance for migratory, overwintering and breeding wetland birds.<ref name=oare/>
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! scope="row"| [[Oare Meadow]]<ref name=oarem>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/oare-meadow |title= Oare Meadow |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 18 July 2018 |archive-date= 18 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180718204956/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/oare-meadow |url-status= live }}</ref>
|[[File:Footbridge by Oare Creek - geograph.org.uk - 624483.jpg|100px|alt=Oare Meadow]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   2  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Dover]]<br/>{{coord|  51.331|0.879|type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Oare Meadow}} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TR006630  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[SSSI]]<ref name=swalesssi/>
|This small site has a pond and bog, which are fed by a spring. Wetland plants include [[ragged-robin]] and [[yellow iris]] There is also a flower meadow.<ref name=oarem/>
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! scope="row"| [[Old Park Hill]]<ref name=old>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/old-park-hill |title= Old Park Hill |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041726/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/old-park-hill |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Old Park Hill 7.jpg|100px|alt=Old Park Hill]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   40  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Dover]]<br/>{{coord|  51.147|1.279    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Old Park Hill }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TR294438  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]]<ref name=old/>
|This steeply sloping hill has woodland, scrub and grassland. Scrub encroached on the other areas when the site was neglected, and KWT is removing it to restore its mainly grassland habitat, providing an increased area suitable for meadow butterflies, reptiles and orchids.<ref name=old/>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|P}}[[Park Gate Down]]<ref name=park>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/park-gate-down-hector-wilks-reserve |title= Park Gate Down |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-date= 19 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180719054124/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/park-gate-down-hector-wilks-reserve |url-status= live }}</ref> 
|[[File:Park Gate Down 2.JPG|100px|alt=Park Gate Down]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  7   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Canterbury]]<br/>{{coord|  51.169|1.010    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Park Gate Down }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TR168457 }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Special Areas of Conservation|SAC]],<ref>{{cite web  |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030338&SiteName=parkgate&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title= Designated Sites View: Parkgate Down  |series= Special Area of Conservation  |publisher= Natural England  |access-date= 18 January 2018  |archive-date= 24 May 2018  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210145/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030338&SiteName=parkgate&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |url-status= live  }}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web   |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000359&SiteName=parkgate&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |title=Designated Sites View: Parkgate Down   |series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest   |publisher=Natural England   |access-date=26 January 2018   |archive-date=24 May 2018   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210145/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000359&SiteName=parkgate&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |url-status=live   }}</ref>
|This dry valley has ancient chalk grassland with areas of scrub and woodland. It has many orchid species such as [[Orchis mascula|early-purple]], [[Dactylorhiza fuchsia|common-spotted]], [[Anacamptis pyramidalis|pyramidal]], [[Anacamptis morio|green-veined]] and [[Orchis simian|monkey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000359.pdf|title=Parkgate Down citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=22 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102075909/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000359.pdf|archive-date=2 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| [[Parsonage Wood]]<ref name=pars>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/parsonage-wood |title= Parsonage Wood |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717071037/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/parsonage-wood |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Parsonage Wood 3.jpg|100px|alt=Parsonage Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   9  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Cranbrook, Kent|Cranbrook]]<br/>{{coord|51.067|0.563      |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Parsonage Wood   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ797329  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000373&SiteName=parson&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: Parsonage Wood |series=  Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  15 January 2018 |archive-date=  18 July 2018 |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180718214753/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000373&SiteName=parson&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status=  live }}</ref>
|This is an example of a woodland [[Gill (ravine)|ghyll]] in the [[High Weald]]. The trees are mainly coppiced, but some of the ground flora are species which are indicative of ancient woods, such as [[butcher's broom]], [[violet helleborine]] and [[pendulous sedge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000373.pdf|title=Parsonage Wood citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=4 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102075902/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000373.pdf|archive-date=2 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| [[Polhill Bank]]<ref name=pol>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/polhill-bank |title= Polhill Bank |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041723/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/polhill-bank |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Polhill Bank Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 796305.jpg|100px|alt=Polhill Bank]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   4  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Sevenoaks]]<br/>{{coord| 51.324|0.166     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Polhill Bank  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ510605  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]]<ref name=pol/>
|This chalk grassland site is on a south-east facing slope. There is also an area of scrub, which provides a habitat for birds such as [[Sylvia atricapilla|blackcap]] and [[willow warbler]]. Flora include [[Helianthemum nummularium|rock-rose]].<ref name=pol/>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|Q}}[[Quarry Wood, Kent|Quarry Wood]]<ref name=quarry>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/quarry-wood |title= Quarry Wood |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041727/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/quarry-wood |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Quarry Wood Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 1200291.jpg|100px|alt=Quarry Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  26   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Maidstone]]<br/>{{coord| 51.239|0.465     |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Quarry Wood   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ722518  }}
|align="center"|YES
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|The wood is mainly [[sweet chestnut]] coppice, but at the northern end there are mature [[Quercus robur|oak]] and [[Fagus sylvatica|beech]] trees. A small stream runs along the bottom of the valley.<ref name=quarry/>
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! scope="row"| [[Queendown Warren]]<ref name=queen>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/queendown-warren |title= Queendown Warren |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041700/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/queendown-warren |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Queendown Warren from Cradles Road - geograph.org.uk - 81576.jpg|100px|alt=Queendown Warren]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  76   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Sittingbourne]]<br/>{{coord|  51.334|0.621    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Queendown Warren }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ827629   }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]],<ref name=queen/> [[Local Nature Reserve|LNR]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009088&SiteName=queend&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title= Designated Sites View: Queendown Warren   |series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England |access-date=  18 January 2018}}</ref> [[NATURE CONSERVATION REVIEW|NCR]],<ref>Ratcliffe, p. 120</ref> [[Special Area of Conservation|SAC]],<ref>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0012833&SiteName=queend&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: Queendown Warren |series=  Special Area of Conservation |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  18 January 2018 |archive-date=  24 May 2018 |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210145/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0012833&SiteName=queend&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status=  live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0012833 |title= Queendown Warren |series= Special Areas of Conservation |publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee |access-date= 18 January 2018 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160527001535/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0012833 |archive-date= 27 May 2016 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001523&SiteName=queend&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: Queendown Warren |series=  Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  18 January 2018 |archive-date=  18 July 2018 |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180718214753/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001523&SiteName=queend&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status=  live }}</ref>
||This site has dry grassland and woodland on a south facing slope. It has two rare plants, [[early spider orchid]] and [[meadow clary]], and a rich variety of insects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001523.pdf|title=Queendown Warren citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=23 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102080003/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001523.pdf|archive-date=2 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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! scope="row"|{{Anchor|R}} [[Romney Warren Country Park|Romney Marsh]]<ref name=rom>{{cite web |url= http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/romney-marsh-visitor-centre |title= Romney Marsh |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041736/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/romney-marsh-visitor-centre |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Romney Warren 13.jpg|100px|alt=Romney Marsh]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|    11 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[New Romney]]<br/>{{coord| 50.997|0.960     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Romney Marsh }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|TR078261   }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Local Nature Reserve|LNR]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1123077&SiteName=&countyCode=24&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Romney Warren|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| access-date= 7 February 2018}}</ref> [[Ramsar site|Ramsar]],<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11023&SiteName=&countyCode=24&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay   | series= Ramsar Site|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 25 January 2018}}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web  |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S2000533&SiteName=&countyCode=24&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title= Designated Sites View: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay  |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest  |publisher= Natural England  |access-date= 25 January 2018  |url-status= live  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170111065631/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S2000533  |archive-date= 11 January 2017  |df= dmy-all  }}</ref>
|This site is formed from ancient sand dunes which have been left behind as the sea has retreated over the last two thousand years, and it has plants such as [[sea spurrey]]. There are also ponds left by gravel extraction, some permanent and others which dry out in the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theromneymarsh.net/assets/fileman/Uploads/Documents/Romney_Warren_Country_Park_leafl.pdf|title=Romney Warren Country Park|publisher=Romney Marsh Countryside Partnership|access-date=25 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820043628/http://theromneymarsh.net/assets/fileman/Uploads/Documents/Romney_Warren_Country_Park_leafl.pdf|archive-date=20 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| [[Ruxley Gravel Pits]]<ref name=ruxley>{{cite web |url= http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/ruxley-gravel-pits |title= Ruxley Gravel Pits |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041741/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/ruxley-gravel-pits |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Ruxley Gravel Pits.JPG|100px|alt=Ruxley Gravel Pits]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 11    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Orpington]]<br/>{{coord| 51.410|0.118     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Ruxley Gravel Pits  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ474700  }}
|align="center"|NO
|[[SSSI]]<ref name=rux/>
|There are four water filled pits with areas of [[fen]]. Over 500 plants species have been recorded and 169 birds, out of which 53 breed on the site. There are also 23 butterfly species, 23 dragonfly and over 500 beetles. Water quality is high.<ref name=rux>{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003658.pdf|title= Ruxley Gravel Pits citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher= Natural England|access-date= 31 May 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040043/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003658.pdf|archive-date= 4 March 2016|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
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! scope="row"|{{Anchor|S}} [[Sandwich and Pegwell Bay]]<ref name=sand>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/sandwich-and-pegwell-bay |title= Sandwich and Pegwell Bay |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041642/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/sandwich-and-pegwell-bay |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Chalk Cliffs, Pegwell Bay - geograph.org.uk - 1546406.jpg|100px|alt=Pegwell Bay]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  615   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Ramsgate]]<br/>{{coord|  51.320|1.358    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Sandwich and Pegwell Bay }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TR341632  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Geological Conservation Review|GCR]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=783 |title= Pegwell Bay (Quaternary of South-East England) |series= Geological Conservation Review |publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee |access-date= 11 January 2018 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160215/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=783 |archive-date= 12 January 2018 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=  http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=3008|title=  Pegwell Bay (Mesozoic – Tertiary Fish/Amphibia)|series=  Geological Conservation Review|publisher=  Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date=  11 January 2018|url-status=  live|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160135/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=3008|archive-date=  12 January 2018|df=  dmy-all}}</ref> [[Local Nature Reserve|LNR]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009737&SiteName=prince&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Prince's Beachlands|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718214753/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009737&SiteName=prince&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|url-status=live}}</ref> [[NATURE CONSERVATION REVIEW|NCR]],<ref>Ratcliffe, pp. 2–4</ref> [[National nature reserve (United Kingdom)|NNR]],<ref name=nnr/><ref>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1007228&SiteName=sandwich&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: Sandwich and Pegwell Bay |series=  National Nature Reserves |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  18 January 2018 |archive-date=  18 July 2018 |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180718214753/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1007228&SiteName=sandwich&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status=  live }}</ref> [[Ramsar site|Ramsar]],<ref name=tcramsar>{{cite web   |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11070&SiteName=sandwich&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |title=Designated Sites View: Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay   |series=Ramsar Site   |publisher=Natural England   |access-date=18 January 2018   |archive-date=24 May 2018   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210146/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11070&SiteName=sandwich&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |url-status=live   }}</ref> [[Special Area of Conservation|SAC]],<ref>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0013077&SiteName=sandwich&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: Sandwich Bay |series=  Special Area of Conservation |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  18 January 2018 |archive-date=  16 July 2018 |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180716173251/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0013077&SiteName=sandwich&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status=  live }}</ref><ref name=thanetsac>{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0013107&SiteName=sandwich&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Thanet Coast |series= Special Area of Conservation |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 18 January 2018 |archive-date= 14 March 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220314151159/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0013107&SiteName=sandwich&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status= live }}</ref> [[Special Protection Area|SPA]],<ref name=thanetspa>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9012071&SiteName=sandwich&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay|series=Special Protection Area|publisher=Natural England|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210143/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9012071&SiteName=sandwich&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|url-status=live}}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web  |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001128&SiteName=prince&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title= Designated Sites View: Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes  |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest  |publisher= Natural England  |access-date= 25 January 2018  |url-status= live  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180314042354/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001128&SiteName=prince&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |archive-date= 14 March 2018  |df= dmy-all  }}</ref>
|This site has the only ancient dune pasture in the county, and other habitats include  saltmarshes, shingle beaches and sand dunes. It is internationally important for its birds, including [[black-tailed godwit]], [[Haematopus ostralegus|oystercatchers]] and [[sandwich tern]]s.<ref name=sand/>
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! scope="row"| [[Sevenoaks Gravel Pits|Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve]]<ref name=sev>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/sevenoaks-wildlife-reserve-and-jeffery-harrison-visitor-centre |title= Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041721/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/sevenoaks-wildlife-reserve-and-jeffery-harrison-visitor-centre |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Bird Hide - geograph.org.uk - 188225.jpg|100px|alt=Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   73  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Sevenoaks]]<br/>{{coord| 51.287|0.178     |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ520565 }}
|align="center"|{{abbr|PP|Public access to part of the site}}
|[[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web|url=   https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001202&SiteName=sevenoaks&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=   Designated Sites View: Sevenoaks Gravel Pits|series=   Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=   Natural England|access-date=   26 January 2018|url-status=   live|archive-url=   https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210145/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001202&SiteName=sevenoaks&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|archive-date=   24 May 2018|df=   dmy-all}}</ref>
|This site has flooded gravel pits which have over two thousand species of fauna and flora, including a variety of breeding and wintering birds. There are  also areas of reedbeds and woodland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001202.pdf|title=Sevenoaks Gravel Pits citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=27 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102075936/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001202.pdf|archive-date=2 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| [[Sladden Wood]]<ref name=slad>{{cite web|url=  https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/sladden-wood|title=  Sladden Wood|publisher=  Kent Wildlife Trust|access-date=  16 July 2018|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041644/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/sladden-wood|archive-date=  17 July 2018|url-status=  live|df=  dmy-all}}</ref>
|[[File:Sladden Wood 3.jpg|100px|alt=Sladden Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  7   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Dover]]<br/>{{coord|  51.140|1.225    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Sladden Wood }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TR257428 }}
|align="center"|YES
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|The main trees in this ancient wood are [[Carpinus betulus|hornbeam]], [[field maple]] and [[Corylus avellana|hazel]], and there are ground flora such as [[green hellebore]] and [[yellow archangel]].<ref name=slad/>
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! scope="row"| [[South Blean]]<ref name=blean>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/south-blean |title= South Blean |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041715/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/south-blean |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:South Blean 3.jpg|100px|alt=South Blean]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  329   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Canterbury]]<br/>{{coord|   51.275|0.999   |type:landmark_region:GB|name= South Blean   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|TR093571   }}
|align="center"|YES
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|This site has native woodland, conifer plantations, heath and bog. KWT is gradually removing the conifers to allow natural regeneration, and it also manages the site by grazing and coppicing. Birds include [[Caprimulgus europaeus|nightjars]] and [[Luscinia megarhynchos|nightingales]].<ref name=blean/>
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! scope="row"| [[South Swale]]<ref name=swale>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/south-swale |title= South Swale |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070725/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/south-swale |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Groynes towards Seasalter - geograph.org.uk - 1033231.jpg|100px|alt=South Swale]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  420   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Whitstable]]<br/>{{coord|  51.345|0.957    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  South Swale  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TR060648  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Local Nature Reserve|LNR]],<ref>{{cite web  |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009146&SiteName=swale&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title= Designated Sites View: South Bank of the Swale  |series= Local Nature Reserves  |publisher= Natural England  |access-date= 22 January 2018  |archive-date= 24 May 2018  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210145/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009146&SiteName=swale&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |url-status= live  }}</ref> [[ramsar site|Ramsar]],<ref name=swaleram/> [[Special Protection Area|SPA]],<ref name=swalespa/> [[SSSI]]<ref name=swalesssi/>
|This coastal site has wetland and grassland, with mudflats which attract a large population of waders and wildfowl in winter. Flora include [[Glaucium flavum|yellow horned-popies]], [[sea-lavender]] and [[golden samphire]]s.<ref name=swale/>
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! scope="row"| [[Spong Wood]]<ref name=spong>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/spong-wood |title= Spong Wood |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041730/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/spong-wood |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Spong Wood 6.jpg|100px|alt=Spong Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 18    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]]<br/>{{coord|   51.169|1.034   |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Spong Wood   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TR122455  }}
|align="center"|YES
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|Common trees in this coppiced wood include [[sweet chestnut]], [[Quercus robur|oak]], [[Carpinus betulus|hornbeam]] and [[Corylus avellana|hazel]]. Orchids can be found on the high slopes and [[ramson]]s lower down.<ref name=spong/>
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! scope="row"| [[Spuckles and Kennelling Woods]]<ref name=spuc>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/spuckles-kennelling-woods-wilderness-down |title= Spuckles & Kennelling Woods |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070715/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/spuckles-kennelling-woods-wilderness-down |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Spuckles Wood 2.jpg|100px|alt=Spuckles Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   20  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Faversham]]<br/>{{coord|  51.238|0.802    |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Spuckles and Kennelling Woods  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ957525  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]]<ref name=spuc/>
|These ancient woods on the steep escarpment of the Kent Downs have diverse trees including mature [[Quercus robur|oaks]] and [[Fagus sylvatica|beeches]]. Flora include [[Platanthera chlorantha|greater butterfly]] and [[Orchis purpurea|lady]] orchids.<ref name=spuc/>
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! scope="row"| [[Stockbury Hill Wood]]<ref name=stock>{{cite web  |url=https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/stockbury-hill-wood  |title=Stockbury Hill Wood  |publisher=Kent Wildlife Trust  |access-date=16 July 2018  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041651/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/stockbury-hill-wood  |archive-date=17 July 2018  |url-status=dead  |df=dmy-all  }}</ref>
|[[File:Steps Hill Wood - geograph.org.uk - 133540.jpg|100px|alt=Stockbury Hill Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  5   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Sittingbourne]]<br/>{{coord|   51.317|0.633   |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Stockbury Hill Wood  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ836608 }}
|align="center"|NO
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|This wood is mainly [[Taxus baccata|yew]], [[hornbeam]] and [[Quercus robur|oak]]. It has a variety of orchids, such as [[bird's-nest orchid|bird's-nest]], [[lady orchid|lady]] and [[fly orchid|fly]]. There are [[Anthocharis cardamines|orange tip]] and [[holly blue]] butterflies.<ref name=stock/>
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! scope="row"| [[Stone Wood]]<ref name=stone>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/stone-wood |title= Stone Wood |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041735/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/stone-wood |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Stone Wood 1.jpg|100px|alt=Stone Wood]]
| Not<br>available
|[[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]]<br/>{{coord| 51.099|0.803     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=Stone Wood    }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ964370 }}
|align="center"|YES
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|This site was [[Clearcutting|clear felled]] in 1992 and left to regenerate naturally. The KWT acquired it in 2002 and is encouraging native plants and animals to occupy it.<ref name=stone/>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|T}}[[Turners Field]]<ref name=turn>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/turners-field |title= Turners Field |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041705/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/turners-field |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Turners Field 1.jpg|100px|alt=Turners Field]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   11  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Tenterden]]<br/>{{coord| 51.074|0.685     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Turners Field  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ882340 }}
|align="center"|YES
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|This field is managed as part of an organic farm, and has grassland, a stream, a pond, scrub and mature woodland. Herbs include [[pepper saxifrage]], [[black knapweed]] and [[bird's-foot trefoil]].<ref name=turn/>
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! scope="row"| [[Tyland Barn]]<ref name=tyl>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/tyland-barn |title= Tyland Barn |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070717/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/tyland-barn |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:KCC200814.jpg|100px|alt=Tyland Barn]]
| Not <br>available
|[[Maidstone]]<br/>{{coord| 51.306|0.515     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Tyland Barn  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ754593  }}
|align="center"|YES
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|This is the headquarters of the KWT. It has a nature park which is designed to show the variety of habitats in the county, such as a pond, wildflower meadows and woodland.<ref name=tyl/>
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! scope="row"| {{Anchor|W}}[[Wattle Wood]]<ref name=wat>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/wattle-wood |title= Wattle Wood |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041712/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/wattle-wood |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Wattle Wood 4.jpg|100px|alt=Wattle Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert| 1    |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Tenterden]]<br/>{{coord|51.087|0.673      |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Wattle Wood   }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TQ873354 }}
|align="center"|YES
|
|This ancient [[coppice with standards]] wood has diverse flora and fauna. There are many [[early purple orchid]]s, and mammals such as [[hazel dormouse|dormice]].<ref name=wat/>
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! scope="row"| [[West Blean and Thornden Woods]]<ref name=west>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/west-blean-and-thornden-woods |title= West Blean and Thornden Woods |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041733/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/west-blean-and-thornden-woods |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Track leading from car park through Thornden Wood - geograph.org.uk - 478666.jpg|100px|alt=Thornden Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  490   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Herne Bay, Kent|Herne Bay]]<br/>{{coord| 51.328|1.075     |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  West Blean and Thornden Woods  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|   TR143633 }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[NATURE CONSERVATION REVIEW|NCR]],<ref name=wbsssi>{{cite web |url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003346&SiteName=west+blean&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=  Designated Sites View: West Blean and Thornden Woods |series=  Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=  Natural England |access-date=  26 January 2018 |archive-date=  24 May 2018 |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210142/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003346&SiteName=west+blean&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status=  live }}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref name=wbsssi/>
|More than fifty species of birds breed in these woods, and the diverse invertebrate fauna include five [[British nature conservation statuses|nationally rare]] and thirteen nationally scarce species. There is also a population of the declining and protected [[hazel dormouse]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003346.pdf|title= West Blean and Thornden Woods citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher= Natural England|access-date= 2 March 2018|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180102075959/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003346.pdf|archive-date= 2 January 2018|df= dmy-all}}</ref> In July 2022, as part of the Wilder Blean project, [[European bison]] were released in to West Blean and Thornden Woods.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 2022 |title=Wilder Blean {{!}} Kent Wildlife Trust |url=https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/wilderblean |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718161153/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/wilderblean |archive-date=18 July 2022 |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| [[Westfield Wood]]<ref name=westf>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/westfield-wood |title= Westfield Wood |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041655/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/westfield-wood |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:North Downs Way in Westfield Wood - geograph.org.uk - 1639216.jpg|100px|alt=Westfield Wood]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|  5   |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Aylesford]]<br/>{{coord|51.318|0.517      |type:landmark_region:GB|name=   Westfield Wood }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall| TQ755607  }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]],<ref name=westf/> [[Nature Conservation Review|NCR]],<ref name="Ratcliffe, p. 47"/>[[Special Area of Conservation|SAC]],<ref>{{cite web   |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030225&SiteName=wouldha&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |title=Designated Sites View: North Downs Woodlands   |series=Special Area of Conservation   |publisher=Natural England   |access-date=26 January 2018   |url-status=live   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210145/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030225&SiteName=wouldha&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=   |archive-date=24 May 2018   |df=dmy-all   }}</ref> [[SSSI]]<ref name=wtesssi/>
|This is described by the KWT as an "internationally important yew woodland" on steep chalk slopes. There is also an area of [[hazel]] and [[Fraxinus|ash]] coppice, with ground flora such as [[butcher's broom]] and [[green hellebore]].<ref name=westf/>
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! scope="row"|{{Anchor|Y}} [[Yockletts Bank]]<ref name=yoc>{{cite web |url= https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/yockletts-bank |title= Yockletts Bank |publisher= Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041658/https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/yockletts-bank |archive-date= 17 July 2018 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|[[File:Yockletts Bank 5.jpg|100px|alt=Yockletts Bank]]
| <small style="font-size:85%;"> {{convert|   23  |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}</small>
|[[Canterbury]]<br/>{{coord|   51.189|1.037   |type:landmark_region:GB|name=  Yockletts Bank  }} <br/> {{gbmappingsmall|  TR123477 }}
|align="center"|YES
|[[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|{{abbr|AONB|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}]],<ref name=yoc/> [[SSSI]]<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001371&SiteName=yock&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Yockletts Bank | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date =26 January 2018}}</ref>
|This sloping site has woodland on dry chalk soils. There are diverse woodland breeding birds, and the ground flora is dominated by [[Hyacinthoides non-scripta|bluebells]], but there are also many orchids.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001371.pdf|title=Yockletts Bank citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=25 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102080010/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001371.pdf|archive-date=2 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|}

==Wildlife==
The Wilder Blean project, headed up by the Wildwood Trust and Kent Wildlife Trust, introduced [[European bison]] to a 2,500-acre conservation area in Blean, near Canterbury.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chantler-Hicks|first=Lydia|date=2020-07-10|title=Bison to be introduced to Kent woodland|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/bison-to-be-introduced-to-kent-woodland-230138/|access-date=2020-07-11|work=Kent Online|language=en|archive-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711051437/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/bison-to-be-introduced-to-kent-woodland-230138/|url-status=live}}</ref> The reintroduction to the UK in 2022, the first time in 6000 years, consisted of a herd of 3 females and 1 male.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-07-09|title=European bison to be introduced into Kent woodland|language=en-gb|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-53349929|access-date=2020-07-10|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710040653/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-53349929|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=GrrlScientist|date=July 20, 2020|title=Bison To Return To British Woodland After Absence Of More Than Six Millennia|language=en|work=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2020/07/20/bison-to-return-to-british-woodland-after-absence-of-more-than-six-millennia/|access-date=2020-07-21|archive-date=21 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721035507/https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2020/07/20/bison-to-return-to-british-woodland-after-absence-of-more-than-six-millennia/|url-status=live}}</ref> Unknown to the rangers, one of the females was pregnant and gave birth to a calf in October 2022, marking the first wild bison born in the UK for the first time in millennia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-21 |title=First wild bison born in UK for millennia after surprise pregnancy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/21/first-wild-bison-born-in-uk-for-millennia-after-surprise-pregnancy |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025150613/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/21/first-wild-bison-born-in-uk-for-millennia-after-surprise-pregnancy |url-status=live }}</ref> The herd's matriarch gave birth to a male calf in winter 2023. In October 2024, the two younger females of the herd gave birth to an additional two female calves, increasing the herd's numbers to 8 animals in total.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome "two" the herd |url=https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/welcome-two-herd |website=Kent Wildlife Trust|date=18 October 2024 }}</ref> In January 2025, the project was recognized as one of [[The Big Issue]]’s top Changemakers of 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilder Blean Bison Project recognised as a 2025 Changemaker by Big Issue |url=https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/changemaker |website=Kent Wildlife Trust |date=27 January 2025 |access-date=30 January 2025}}</ref>

The Chough Reintroduction Project, a partnership between Kent Wildlife Trust, Wildwood Trust and [[Paradise Park, Cornwall]], reintroduced the [[red-billed chough]] to [[South East England]] where it had previously been extinct for over two centuries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chough Reintroduction Project |url=https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/choughreintroduction |website=Kent Wildlife Trust |access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref> The first of several releases took place at a secret location in [[Dover]] in July 2023, releasing eight choughs which came from a zoo-based breeding programme coordinated by Paradise Park in Cornwall.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Sally |title=There'll be red-bills over the White Cliffs of Dover |url=https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/therell-be-red-bills-over-white-cliffs-dover |access-date=2 February 2025 |work=Kent Wildlife Trust |date=25 July 2023}}</ref> By October 2023, the released choughs had been spotted flying as far as [[Dover Castle]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Sally |title=The flight of the chough |url=https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/flight-chough |access-date=2 February 2025 |work=Kent Wildlife Trust |date=31 October 2023}}</ref> In May 2024, the first wild red-billed chough chick to be born in Kent for generations was discovered at Dover Castle and was reported to have fledged successfully the following month, but went missing during strong winds in early July. A second release of six female choughs into the wild took place in July 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Sally |title=Award-winning conservationists celebrate as dream to return red-billed chough to the South East reaches new heights |url=https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/celebrating-chough-summer-2024 |access-date=2 February 2025 |work=Kent Wildlife Trust |date=2 August 2024}}</ref> By September 2024 an additional six male choughs had been released into the wild, increasing the total number of wild red-billed chough in Kent to nineteen animals.<ref>{{cite news |title=The sky's the limit for Kent conservationists at nineteen red-billed chough take flight in the South East after a 200-year absence |url=https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/skys-limit-kent-conservationists-nineteen-red-billed-chough-take-flight-south-east-after-200 |access-date=2 February 2025 |work=Kent Wildlife Trust |date=26 September 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Kent]]
*[[List of Local Nature Reserves in Kent]]

==Notes==
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==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe  |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK  |year=1977|isbn= 978-0-521-21403-2 }}

==External links==
*[http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/ Kent Wildlife Trust website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427180358/http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/ |date=27 April 2007 }}

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