Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Kent |
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Grid reference | TR 083 521 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 5.9 hectares (15 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1990 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Down Bank is a 5.9-hectare (15-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Canterbury in Kent. [1] [2]
This sloping chalk meadow has the nationally endangered black-veined moth and twenty-eight species of butterfly, including the nationally scarce Duke of Burgundy. Grassland flora include two nationally scarce species, small bedstraw and man orchid. [3]
A public footpath goes through the site.