Wouldham to Detling Escarpment explained

Wouldham to Detling Escarpment
Aos:Kent
Interest:Biological
Geological
Area:311.2ha
Notifydate:1990
Map: Magic Map

Wouldham to Detling Escarpment is a 311.2abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from Wouldham to Detling, north of Maidstone in Kent.[1] [2] Part of it is a Geological Conservation Review site,[3] and it is part of the North Downs Woodlands Special Area of Conservation[4] and the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I[5] and it includes three Kent Wildlife Trust nature reserves[6] [7] [8] and a Local Nature Reserve,[9]

This stretch of chalk escarpment has woodland, unimproved grassland and scrub. Plants include the nationally rare meadow clary and there are several scarce invertebrates. There are many Mesozoic fossil fishes in an excellent state of preservation.[10]

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51.322°N 0.514°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Wouldham to Detling Escarpment . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 3 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Map of Wouldham to Detling Escarpment. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 3 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Culand Pits, Burnham (Jurassic - Cretaceous Reptilia) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 12 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160403/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1339 . 12 January 2018 .
  4. ndsac>Web site: Designated Sites View: North Downs Woodlands . Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. 16 January 2018.
  5. Book: Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 47, 118 . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .
  6. Web site: Blue Bell Hill . Kent Wildlife Trust . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180103073530/http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/blue-bell-hill . 2018-01-03 .
  7. Web site: The Larches . Kent Wildlife Trust . 25 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180103073136/http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/the-larches . 2018-01-03 .
  8. Web site: Westfield Wood . Kent Wildlife Trust . 2 January 2018.
  9. Web site: Designated Sites View: Boxley Warren . Local Nature Reserves. Natural England . 23 January 2018.
  10. Web site: Wouldham to Detling Escarpment citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 3 March 2018.

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