Robins Wood Explained

Robins Wood
Aos:	Kent
Interest:	Biological
Area:	47.7ha
Notifydate:	1987
Map:	Magic Map

Robins Wood is a 47.7abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Tunbridge Wells and Ashford in Kent.^{[1] [2]}

This is a deep valley along a stream in the Weald, and has the humid conditions typical of such areas. It has a diverse flora of mosses, ferns and liverworts, and woodland which is thought to date back to recolonisation after the last ice age ended 11,700 years ago.^[3]

Footpaths go through some parts of the site.

References

51.076°N 0.522°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Robins Wood. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 23 February 2018.
2. Web site: Map of Robins Wood. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 23 February 2018.
3. Web site: Robins Wood citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 23 February 2018.