Robins Wood

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Robins Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Double stiles through Robins Wood - geograph.org.uk - 1596142.jpg
Location Kent
Grid reference TQ 768 338 [1]
InterestBiological
Area47.7 hectares (118 acres) [1]
Notification 1987 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Robins Wood is a 47.7-hectare (118-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Tunbridge Wells and Ashford in Kent. [1] [2]

This is a deep valley along a stream in the Weald, and has the humid conditions typical of such areas. It has a diverse flora of mosses, ferns and liverworts, and woodland which is thought to date back to recolonisation after the last ice age ended 11,700 years ago. [3]

Footpaths go through some parts of the site.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Robins Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Robins Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Robins Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

Coordinates: 51°04′34″N0°31′19″E / 51.076°N 0.522°E / 51.076; 0.522

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