Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Kent |
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Grid reference | TR 103 601 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 526.7 hectares (1,302 acres) [1] |
Notification | 2000 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Church Woods, Blean is a 526.7-hectare (1,302-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Canterbury in Kent. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, [3] a National Nature Reserve, [4] [5] a Special Area of Conservation [6] and part of it is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve. [7]
This broadleaved coppice with standards wood has a diverse range of trees, a rich ground flora, a wide variety of birds and many uncommon invertebrates, including the nationally rare heath fritillary butterfly. [8]
There is public access to the site and it is crossed by footpaths.