Hatch Park

Hatch Park
	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	Kent
Grid reference	TR 062 408 [1]
Interest	Biological
Area	71.8 hectares (177 acres) [1]
Notification	1986 [1]
Location map	Magic Map

Last updated April 06, 2019

Hatch Park is a 71.8-hectare (177-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Ashford in Kent.^[1]^[2] It is listed by Historic England on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.^[3]

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including national nature reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced "triple-S I".

Ashford is a town in the county of Kent, England. It lies on the River Great Stour at the south edge of the North Downs, about 61 miles (98 km) southeast of central London and 15.3 miles (24.6 km) northwest of Folkestone by road. In the 2011 census, it had a population of 74,204. The name comes from the Old English æscet, indicating a ford near a clump of ash trees. It has been a market town since the Middle Ages, and a regular market continues to be held.

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west. The county also shares borders with Essex along the estuary of the River Thames, and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais through the Channel Tunnel. The county town is Maidstone.

This site has species-rich acidic grassland which is the remnant of a larger deer park, and is still managed by a herd of deer. There are also ancient pollard woods which are the richest for epiphytic lichens in the county. Several ponds have adjacent areas of marsh.^[4]

The site is private land which is not open to the public.

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References

1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Hatch Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
↑ "Map of Hatch Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
↑ "Hatch Park". Historic England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
↑ "Hatch Park citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

External links

Hatch Park, Ashford, England, Parks & Gardens UK

Coordinates: 51°07′44″N0°56′46″E / 51.129°N 0.946°E / 51.129; 0.946

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[dsv-1] 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Hatch Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

[map-2] "Map of Hatch Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

[3] "Hatch Park". Historic England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

[4] "Hatch Park citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.