Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox SSSI Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs is a Script error: No such module "convert". biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Dover in Kent.[1][2] It is a Special Area of Conservation[3] and Nature Conservation Review site.[1] It is also part of the Script error: No such module "convert". Lydden Temple Ewell National Nature Reserve[4][5] and the Script error: No such module "convert". Lydden Temple Ewell nature reserve, which is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.[6] It is in the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[7]
This site has some of the richest chalk downland in the county. The invertebrate community is outstanding, including butterflies such as marbled whites, adonis blue and the very rare silver-spotted skipper.[7] A colony of Periclepsis cinctana, the Dover twist moth, was found at Lydden Temple Ewell in June 2025, the species not having been seen in England since 1952.[8]
There is public access to the site.
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