Ellenden Wood

Ellenden Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Kent
Grid reference	TR 101 624
Interest	Biological
Area	90.6 hectares (224 acres)
Notification	1985
Location map	Magic Map

Ellenden Wood is a 90.6-hectare (224-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Whitstable in Kent.^[1]^[2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.^[3] and a Special Area of Conservation^[4]

This wood has diverse flora with over 250 species of vascular plants and 300 of fungi. Insects include 3 species which are nationally rare, and there are mammals such as wood mice, dormice and two species of shrew.^[5]

Several public footpaths cross the site.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Designated Sites View: Ellenden Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^ "Map of Ellenden Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 49–50. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
^ "Designated Sites View: Blean Complex". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ "Ellenden Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

51°19′19″N 1°00′50″E / 51.322°N 1.014°E / 51.322; 1.014

[dsv-1] "Designated Sites View: Ellenden Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

[map-2] "Map of Ellenden Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

[3] Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 49–50. ISBN 0521-21403-3.

[4] "Designated Sites View: Blean Complex". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[5] "Ellenden Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

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