List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Kent

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.

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

Sites

Contents :

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Site name	Reason for Designation		Area^[A]		Grid reference^[B]	Year in which notified	References
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres			Map^[C]	Citation^[D]
Alex Farm Pastures			4.5	11.2	TQ968369	1994	Map
Alkham, Lydden and Swingfield Woods			226.1	558.7	TR260440	1951	Map
Allington Quarry			0.6	1.5	TQ743576	1993	Map
Aylesford Pit			1.9	4.6	TQ730594	1990	Map
Baker's Hole			6.5	16.1	TQ612741	1951	Map
Bourne Alder Carr			15.3	37.8	TQ607550	1968	Map
Brookland Wood			10.7	26.4	TQ661388	1981	Map
Charing Beech Hangers			53.1	131.2	TQ979484	1968	Map
Chattenden Woods			133.4	329.5	TQ751737	1968	Map
Chequer's Wood and Old Park			106.9	264.1	TR174587	1968	Map
Church Woods, Blean			297.1	733.8	TR109603	1951	Map
Cobham Woods			235.2	581.2	TQ699686	1968	Map
Combwell Wood			110.8	173.7	TQ706342	1968	Map
Cowden Meadow			1.2	2.9	TQ481414	1981	Map
Cowden Pound Pastures			5.8	14.3	TQ459433	1994	Map
Dalham Farm			9.0	22.2	TQ778753	1981	Map
Darenth Wood			121.8	300.1	TQ575722	1968	Map
Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs			299.9	741.1	TR332419	1951	Map
Down Bank			6.1	14.9	TR083522	1990	Map
Dryhill			11.5	28.4	TQ499552	1996	Map
Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay			9,090.0	22,461.8	TR069201	2006	Map
East Blean Woods			156.8	387.3	TR189640	1981	Map
Ellenden Wood			90.8	224.4	TR101624	1972	Map
Farningham Wood			72.8	179.8	TQ540683	1951	Map
Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment			269.5	666.2	TR171394	1951	Map
Folkestone Warren			299.4	739.8	TR276386	1951	Map
Gibbin's Brook			16.6	41.0	TR117385	1981	Map
Great Crabbles Wood			32.9	81.4	TQ703703	1968	Map
Great Shuttlesfield Down			21.8	53.8	TR176410	1955	Map
Greatness Brickworks			7.5	18.5	TQ535578	1968	Map
Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment			648.4	1,602.2	TQ616596	1951	Map
Ham Street Woods			172.2	425.5	TQ996352	1951	Map
Hart Hill			1.5	3.6	TQ943506	1992	Map
Hatch Park			71.8	177.4	TR063410	1968	Map
High Rocks			3.2	7.9	TQ560382	1953	Map
Hoad's Wood			78.2	193.3	TQ953426	1951	Map
Holborough to Burham Marshes			148.5	366.9	TQ712618	1951	Map
Hollingbourne Downs			60.9	150.5	TQ841564	1968	Map
Hothfield Common			56.4	139.3	TQ969458	1951	Map
Houlder and Monarch Hill Pits, Upper Halling			0.6	1.5	TQ687635	1990	Map
Hubbard's Hill			66.4	161.0	TQ535520	1996	Map
Ileden and Oxenden Woods			87.9	217.2	TR219525	1968	Map
Knole Park			376.2	929.2	TQ542538	1968	Map
Larkey Valley Wood			42.7	105.6	TR125553	1951	Map
Lenham Quarry			4.4	10.9	TQ915525	1981	Map
Lullingstone Park			62.0	153.0	TQ513641	1981	Map
Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs			69.3	171.2	TR277453	1951	Map
Lympne Escarpment			143.1	353.6	TR132345	1951	Map
Lynsore Bottom			70.0	172.9	TR160480	1951	Map
Magpie Bottom			113.9	281.4	TQ544610	1951	Map
Marden Meadows			3.5	8.8	TQ762445	1981	Map
Medway Estuary and Marshes			6,840.1	16,895.1	TQ850720	1968	Map
Northward Hill			52.5	129.7	TQ781763	1951	Map
Oaken Wood			17.7	43.7	TQ702549	1985	Map
Oldbury and Seal Chart			173.9	429.7	TQ571558	1951	Map
One Tree Hill and Bitchet Common			76.1	188.1	TQ570535	1951	Map
Orlestone Forest			337.7	834.4	TQ982350	1981	Map
Otford to Shoreham Downs			147.3	363.7	TQ536596	1951	Map
Otterpool Quarry			10.9	26.9	TR113364	1984	Map
Park Wood, Chilham			31.2	77.1	TR043526	1981	Map
Parkgate Down			7.0	17.3	TR168460	1968	Map
Parsonage Wood			9.7	24.0	TQ797329	1981	Map
Pembury Cutting and Pit			1.6	3.9	TQ615414	1968	Map
Peter's Pit			24.0	59.3	TQ717629	1986	Map
Polebrook Farm			12.7	31.4	TQ506477	1981	Map
Preston Marshes			42.9	105.9	TR234605	1968	Map
Purple Hill			15.1	37.3	TQ811622	1951	Map
Queendown Warren			22.2	54.8	TQ828629	1951	Map
River Beult			29.1	71.8	TQ865425	1994	Map
Robins Wood			53.9	133.2	TQ768338	1968	Map
Rusthall Common			2.6	6.4	TQ568395	1992	Map
Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes			1,756.5	4,338.6	TR353585	1951	Map
Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount			245.0	605.4	TQ482520	1963	Map
Scotney Castle			111.9	276.5	TQ690350	1981	Map
Seabrook Stream			23.8	58.8	TR178367	1987	Map
Sevenoaks Gravel Pits			71.0	175.3	TQ522569	1968	Map
Sheppey Cliffs and Foreshore			301.5	745.0	TR000731	1984	Map
Shorne and Ashenbank Woods			184.6	456.1	TQ682700	1968	Map
Sissinghurst Park Wood			32.9	81.3	TQ803389	1951	Map
South Thames Estuary and Marshes			5,449.1	13,459.4	TQ770785	1951	Map
Southborough Pit			1.1	2.7	TQ592416	1993	Map
Spot Lane Quarry			0.9	2.2	TQ793542	1992	Map
Stodmarsh			604.4	1493.4	TR222618	1951	Map
Sturry Pit			0.7	1.6	TR174606	1990	Map
Swanscombe Skull Site			3.9	9.6	TQ597743	1951	Map
Tankerton Slopes			2.3	5.6	TR121673	1986	Map
Thanet Coast			818.7	2,023.0	TR132675	1981	Map
The Swale			6,568.5	16,230.6	TR000670	1968	Map
Tower Hill to Cockham Wood			47.9	118.4	TQ765714	1968	Map
Trottiscliffe Meadows			5.0	12.4	TQ643595	1990	Map
Wansunt Pit			1.9	4.7	TQ514736	1951	Map
Wateringbury			0.2	0.5	TQ688534	1996	Map
West Blean and Thornden Woods			762.5	1,884.2	TR154636	1989	Map
Westerham Mines			26.2	64.7	TQ455528	1981	Map
Westerham Wood			44.0	108.7	TQ439550	1968	Map
Wouldham to Detling Escarpment			296.3	732.2	TQ753609	1951	Map
Wye and Crundale Downs			348.5	861.0	TR080470	1951	Map
Yockletts Bank			25.3	62.9	TR126477	1951	Map

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.^[4]

^C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.

^D English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 13 March 2008.

References

1. "Notification of SSSIs". Natural England. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
2. "SSSIs in Wiltshire". Natural England. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
3. "County search of SSSIs". Natural England. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
4. "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2008-03-13.