Polhill Bank

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Polhill Bank
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Type Nature reserve
Location Shoreham, Kent
OS grid TQ510605
Area 4 hectares (9.9 acres)
Managed by Kent Wildlife Trust

Polhill Bank is a 4-hectare (9.9-acre) nature reserve south of Shoreham, which is north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. [1] It is in Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [2]

Shoreham, Kent village in Kent, England

Shoreham is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish includes the settlements of Badgers Mount and Well Hill, and is located 5 miles north of Sevenoaks.

Sevenoaks commuter town situated in West Kent, England

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Kent County of England

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 chalk grassland site is on a south-east slope. There is also an area of scrub, which provides a habitat for birds such as blackcap and willow warbler. Flora include rock-rose. [1]

Willow warbler species of bird

The willow warbler is a very common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia, from Ireland east to the Anadyr River basin in eastern Siberia. It is strongly migratory, with almost all of the population wintering in Sub-Saharan Africa.

<i>Helianthemum nummularium</i> species of plant

Helianthemum nummularium is a species of rock-rose (Cistaceae), native to most of Europe.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Polhill Bank". Kent Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Polhill Bank Nature Reserve". Kent Downs AONB. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

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