Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount

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Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Bridleway in Scords Wood - geograph.org.uk - 1536434.jpg
Bridleway in Scord's Wood
Location Kent
Grid reference TQ 475 520 [1]
InterestBiological
Area252.3 hectares (623 acres) [1]
Notification 1991 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount is a 252.3-hectare (623-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Sevenoaks in Kent. [1] [2] Scord's Wood is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [3]

This sloping site has the best sessile oak stands in the county. Grasslands on acidic soils are mainly common bent, heath bedstraw, and sheep’s sorrel, together with some heather and bracken. [4]

This site is composed of a number of scattered blocks, as well as public footpaths and bridleways that go through some areas.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. "Map of Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN   0521-21403-3.
  4. "Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

Coordinates: 51°14′53″N0°06′43″E / 51.248°N 0.112°E / 51.248; 0.112