Ham Street Woods Explained

Ham Street Woods
Aos:Kent
Interest:Biological
Area:175.2ha
Notifydate:1989
Map: Magic Map

Ham Street Woods is a 175.2abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Ashford in Kent. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and an area of 97.1ha is a National Nature Reserve.

This semi-natural wood is more than 400 years old, and it has rich and diverse invertebrates, including 12 rare or scarce dead wood species, such as the nationally rare beetle, Tomoxia biguttata.

There is access from the Greensand Way, which crosses the site. The wood comprises Barrow Wood, Bourne Wood and Carter's Wood, the latter two having residential roads named after them in Hamstreet.

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51.073°N 0.866°W