Orlestone Forest

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Orlestone Forest
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Kent
Grid reference TQ 983 350 [1]
InterestBiological
Area347.6 hectares (859 acres) [1]
Notification 1989 [1]
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Orlestone Forest is a 347.6-hectare (859-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Ashford in Kent. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [3]

This site is described by Natural England as "an important invertebrate locality of national significance". Hundreds of invertebrate species have been recorded, including 39 which are nationally rare and 134 which are nationally scarce. Several are only known in Britain on this site. [4]

A road and footpath go through the site.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Orlestone Forest". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Orlestone Forest". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 45–46. ISBN   0521-21403-3.
  4. ↑ "Orlestone Forest citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

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