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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Kent

 
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A view of Wye and Crundale Downs, designated as an SSSI for both its biological and geological interest.

The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Kent, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features.[1] As of 2008, there are 98 sites designated in this Area of Search, of which 67 have been designated due to their biological interest, 21 due to their geological interest and 10 for both.[2]

Natural England took over the role of designating and managing SSSIs from English Nature in October 2006 when it was formed from the amalgamation of English Nature, parts of the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service. Natural England, like its predecessor, uses the 1974-1996 county system[3] and as such the same approach is followed here, rather than adopting the current local government or ceremonial county boundaries. The data in the table is taken from English Nature's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.[4]

For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

Contents

A - D

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Alex Farm Pastures Check markY   4.5 11.2 TQ968369 1994 [1]
Alkham, Lydden and Swingfield Woods Check markY   226.1 558.7 TR260440 1951 [2]
Allington Quarry   Check markY 0.6 1.5 TQ743576 1993 [3]
Aylesford Pit   Check markY 1.9 4.6 TQ730594 1990 [4]
Baker's Hole   Check markY 6.5 16.1 TQ612741 1951 [5]
Bourne Alder Carr Check markY   15.3 37.8 TQ607550 1968 [6]
Brookland Wood Check markY   10.7 26.4 TQ661388 1981 [7]
Charing Beech Hangers Check markY   53.1 131.2 TQ979484 1968 [8]
Chattenden Woods Check markY   133.4 329.5 TQ751737 1968 [9]
Chequer's Wood and Old Park Check markY Check markY 106.9 264.1 TR174587 1968 [10]
Church Woods, Blean Check markY   297.1 733.8 TR109603 1951 [11]
Cobham Woods Check markY   235.2 581.2 TQ699686 1968 [12]
Combwell Wood Check markY   110.8 173.7 TQ706342 1968 [13]
Cowden Meadow Check markY   1.2 2.9 TQ481414 1981 [14]
Cowden Pound Pastures Check markY   5.8 14.3 TQ459433 1994 [15]
Dalham Farm   Check markY 9.0 22.2 TQ778753 1981 [16]
Darenth Wood Check markY   121.8 300.1 TQ575722 1968 [17]
Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs Check markY Check markY 299.9 741.1 TR332419 1951 [18]
Down Bank Check markY   6.1 14.9 TR083522 1990 [19]
Dryhill   Check markY 11.5 28.4 TQ499552 1996 [20]
Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay Check markY Check markY 9,090.0 22,461.8 TR069201 2006 [21]

E - H

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
East Blean Woods Check markY   156.8 387.3 TR189640 1981 [22]
Ellenden Wood Check markY   90.8 224.4 TR101624 1972 [23]
Farningham Wood Check markY   72.8 179.8 TQ540683 1951 [24]
Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment Check markY Check markY 269.5 666.2 TR171394 1951 [25]
Folkestone Warren Check markY Check markY 299.4 739.8 TR276386 1951 [26]
Gibbin's Brook Check markY   16.6 41.0 TR117385 1981 [27]
Great Crabbles Wood Check markY   32.9 81.4 TQ703703 1968 [28]
Great Shuttlesfield Down Check markY   21.8 53.8 TR176410 1955 [29]
Greatness Brickworks   Check markY 7.5 18.5 TQ535578 1968 [30]
Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment Check markY   648.4 1,602.2 TQ616596 1951 [31]
Ham Street Woods Check markY   172.2 425.5 TQ996352 1951 [32]
Hart Hill   Check markY 1.5 3.6 TQ943506 1992 [33]
Hatch Park Check markY   71.8 177.4 TR063410 1968 [34]
High Rocks   Check markY 3.2 7.9 TQ560382 1953 [35]
Hoad's Wood Check markY   78.2 193.3 TQ953426 1951 [36]
Holborough to Burham Marshes Check markY   148.5 366.9 TQ712618 1951 [37]
Hollingbourne Downs Check markY   60.9 150.5 TQ841564 1968 [38]
Hothfield Common Check markY   56.4 139.3 TQ969458 1951 [39]
Houlder and Monarch Hill Pits, Upper Halling   Check markY 0.6 1.5 TQ687635 1990 [40]
Hubbard's Hill   Check markY 66.4 161.0 TQ535520 1996 [41]

I - O

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Ileden and Oxenden Woods Check markY   87.9 217.2 TR219525 1968 [42]
Knole Park Check markY   376.2 929.2 TQ542538 1968 [43]
Larkey Valley Wood Check markY   42.7 105.6 TR125553 1951 [44]
Lenham Quarry   Check markY 4.4 10.9 TQ915525 1981 [45]
Lullingstone Park Check markY   62.0 153.0 TQ513641 1981 [46]
Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs Check markY   69.3 171.2 TR277453 1951 [47]
Lympne Escarpment Check markY   143.1 353.6 TR132345 1951 [48]
Lynsore Bottom Check markY   70.0 172.9 TR160480 1951 [49]
Magpie Bottom Check markY   113.9 281.4 TQ544610 1951 [50]
Marden Meadows Check markY   3.5 8.8 TQ762445 1981 [51]
Medway Estuary and Marshes Check markY   6,840.1 16,895.1 TQ850720 1968 [52]
Northward Hill Check markY   52.5 129.7 TQ781763 1951 [53]
Oaken Wood   Check markY 17.7 43.7 TQ702549 1985 [54]
Oldbury and Seal Chart Check markY   173.9 429.7 TQ571558 1951 [55]
One Tree Hill and Bitchet Common Check markY   76.1 188.1 TQ570535 1951 [56]
Orlestone Forest Check markY   337.7 834.4 TQ982350 1981 [57]
Otford to Shoreham Downs Check markY   147.3 363.7 TQ536596 1951 [58]
Otterpool Quarry   Check markY 10.9 26.9 TR113364 1984 [59]

P - S

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Park Wood, Chilham Check markY   31.2 77.1 TR043526 1981 [60]
Parkgate Down Check markY   7.0 17.3 TR168460 1968 [61]
Parsonage Wood Check markY   9.7 24.0 TQ797329 1981 [62]
Pembury Cutting and Pit   Check markY 1.6 3.9 TQ615414 1968 [63]
Peter's Pit Check markY   24.0 59.3 TQ717629 1986 [64]
Polebrook Farm Check markY   12.7 31.4 TQ506477 1981 [65]
Preston Marshes Check markY   42.9 105.9 TR234605 1968 [66]
Purple Hill Check markY   15.1 37.3 TQ811622 1951 [67]
Queendown Warren Check markY   22.2 54.8 TQ828629 1951 [68]
River Beult Check markY   29.1 71.8 TQ865425 1994 [69]
Robins Wood Check markY   53.9 133.2 TQ768338 1968 [70]
Rusthall Common   Check markY 2.6 6.4 TQ568395 1992 [71]
Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes Check markY   1,756.5 4,338.6 TR353585 1951 [72]
Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount Check markY   245.0 605.4 TQ482520 1963 [73]
Scotney Castle Check markY   111.9 276.5 TQ690350 1981 [74]
Seabrook Stream Check markY   23.8 58.8 TR178367 1987 [75]
Sevenoaks Gravel Pits Check markY   71.0 175.3 TQ522569 1968 [76]
Sheppey Cliffs and Foreshore Check markY Check markY 301.5 745.0 TR000731 1984 [77]
Shorne and Ashenbank Woods Check markY   184.6 456.1 TQ682700 1968 [78]
Sissinghurst Park Wood Check markY   32.9 81.3 TQ803389 1951 [79]
South Thames Estuary and Marshes Check markY   5,449.1 13,459.4 TQ770785 1951 [80]
Southborough Pit   Check markY 1.1 2.7 TQ592416 1993 [81]
Spot Lane Quarry   Check markY 0.9 2.2 TQ793542 1992 [82]
Stodmarsh Check markY   604.4 1493.4 TR222618 1951 [83]
Sturry Pit   Check markY 0.7 1.6 TR174606 1990 [84]
Swanscombe Skull Site   Check markY 3.9 9.6 TQ597743 1951 [85]

T - Z

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Tankerton Slopes Check markY   2.3 5.6 TR121673 1986 [86]
Thanet Coast Check markY Check markY 818.7 2,023.0 TR132675 1981 [87]
The Swale Check markY   6,568.5 16,230.6 TR000670 1968 [88]
Tower Hill to Cockham Wood Check markY Check markY 47.9 118.4 TQ765714 1968 [89]
Trottiscliffe Meadows Check markY   5.0 12.4 TQ643595 1990 [90]
Wansunt Pit   Check markY 1.9 4.7 TQ514736 1951 [91]
Wateringbury   Check markY 0.2 0.5 TQ688534 1996 [92]
West Blean and Thornden Woods Check markY   762.5 1,884.2 TR154636 1989 [93]
Westerham Mines Check markY   26.2 64.7 TQ455528 1981 [94]
Westerham Wood Check markY   44.0 108.7 TQ439550 1968 [95]
Wouldham to Detling Escarpment Check markY Check markY 296.3 732.2 TQ753609 1951 [96]
Wye and Crundale Downs Check markY Check markY 348.5 861.0 TR080470 1951 [97]
Yockletts Bank Check markY   25.3 62.9 TR126477 1951 [98]

Notes

A Data rounded to one decimal place.
B Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.[5]
C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.

References

  1. ^ "Notification of SSSIs". Natural England. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/notification.cfm. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
  2. ^ "SSSIs in Wiltshire". Natural England. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/searchresults.cfm?sssi_name=&frmcounty=1023. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
  3. ^ "County search of SSSIs". Natural England. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/search.cfm. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
  4. ^ English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 2008-03-13. (PDF files).
  5. ^ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/help.html#gridref. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the United Kingdom, grouped by Area of Search
England
Northern Ireland

Antrim · Ards · Armagh City & District · Ballymena · Ballymoney · Banbridge · Belfast City · Carrickfergus · Castlereagh · Coleraine · Cookstown · Craigavon · Derry City · Down · Dungannon & South Tyrone · Fermanagh · Larne · Limavady · Lisburn City · Magherafelt · Moyle · Newry & Mourne · Newtownabbey · North Down · Omagh · Strabane
Scotland

Angus and Dundee · Annandale and Eskdale · Badenoch and Strathspey · Banff and Buchan · Berwickshire and Roxburgh · Caithness · Clydesdale and South East Glasgow · Cumnock and Kyle · Dumbarton and North Glasgow · Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy · East Perth · East Ross and Cromarty · Edinburgh and West Lothian · Falkirk and Clackmannan · Gordon and Aberdeen · Inverness · Islay and Jura · Kincardine and Deeside · Kintyre · Lorne · Mid and East Lothian · Mid Argyll and Cowal · Moray and Nairn · Mull, Coll and Tiree · Nithsdale · North East Fife · North Lochaber · North West Sutherland · North Wester Ross and Cromarty · Orkney · Renfrew and Cunninghame · Rum and the Small Isles · Shetland · Skye and Lochalsh · South East Sutherland · South Lochaber · South Perth · South Wester Ross and Cromarty · Stirling · Tweeddale and Ettrick and Lauderdale · West Perth · Western Isles North · Western Isles South · Wigtown and Stewartry
Wales

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