Folkestone Warren Explained

Folkestone Warren
Aos:Kent
Interest:Biological
Geological
Area:316.3ha
Notifydate:1987
Map: Magic Map

Folkestone Warren is a 316.3abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which runs along the coast between Folkestone and Dover in Kent.[1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site[3] and it contains three Geological Conservation Review sites and part of a fourth.[4] [5] [6] [7] An area of 83.6ha is a Local Nature Reserve,[8] [9]

These chalk cliffs have several nationally rare plants and they provide a location for cliff nesting and wintering birds. The SSSI also contains two internationally important reference sites for study of the Cretaceous period.[10]

References

51.099°N 1.237°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Folkestone Warren . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Map of Folkestone Warren. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 February 2018.
  3. Book: Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2. 1–2 . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0-521-21403-3 .
  4. Web site: East Wear Bay, Folkestone (Jurassic - Cretaceous Reptilia) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 6 February 2018.
  5. Web site: Folkestone Warren (Mass movement) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 11 January 2018.
  6. Web site: Folkestone (Aptian-Albian) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 6 February 2018.
  7. Web site: Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs (Cenomanian, Turonian, Senonian, Maastrichtian) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 11 January 2018.
  8. Web site: Designated Sites View: Folkestone Warren . Local Nature Reserves. Natural England . 16 January 2018.
  9. Web site: Map of Folkestone Warren. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 6 February 2018.
  10. Web site: Folkestone Warren citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 6 February 2018.

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