Nashenden Down

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Nashenden Down
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Nashenden Down
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TypeNature reserve
LocationRochester, Kent
OS grid TQ730657
Area55 hectares (140 acres)
Managed byKent Wildlife Trust

Nashenden Down is a 55-hectare (140-acre) nature reserve on the southern outskirts of Rochester in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust, and is in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [1]

This nature reserve was created from a large arable field in 2009, and it is being regenerated with chalk grassland species, partly by colonisation from a steep bank which escaped ploughing and partly by seed spreading. An area of scrub provides a habitat for birds. [1]

There is access to the site from Nashenden Farm Lane.

References

  1. 1 2 "Nashenden Down". Kent Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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