Folkestone Warren

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Folkestone Warren
Site of Special Scientific Interest
The Warren from near Capel-le-Ferne - geograph.org.uk - 686150.jpg
Location Kent
Grid reference TR 267 383 [1]
InterestBiological
Geological
Area316.3 hectares (782 acres) [1]
Notification 1987 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Folkestone Warren is a 316.3-hectare (782-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which runs along the coast between Folkestone and Dover in Kent. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site [3] and it contains three Geological Conservation Review sites and part of a fourth. [4] [5] [6] [7] An area of 83.6 hectares (207 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve, [8] [9]

These chalk cliffs have several nationally rare plants and they provide a location for cliff nesting and wintering birds. The SSSI also contains two internationally important reference sites for study of the Cretaceous period. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Folkestone Warren". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. "Map of Folkestone Warren". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–2. ISBN   0-521-21403-3.
  4. "East Wear Bay, Folkestone (Jurassic - Cretaceous Reptilia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. "Folkestone Warren (Mass movement)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  6. "Folkestone (Aptian-Albian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  7. "Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs (Cenomanian, Turonian, Senonian, Maastrichtian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  8. "Designated Sites View: Folkestone Warren". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  9. "Map of Folkestone Warren". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  10. "Folkestone Warren citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

Coordinates: 51°05′56″N1°14′13″E / 51.099°N 1.237°E / 51.099; 1.237