Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Kent |
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Grid reference | TR 267 383 [1] |
Interest | Biological Geological |
Area | 316.3 hectares (782 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1987 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Folkestone Warren is a 316.3-hectare (782-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which runs along the coast between Folkestone and Dover in Kent. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site [3] and it contains three Geological Conservation Review sites and part of a fourth. [4] [5] [6] [7] An area of 83.6 hectares (207 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve, [8] [9]
These chalk cliffs have several nationally rare plants and they provide a location for cliff nesting and wintering birds. The SSSI also contains two internationally important reference sites for study of the Cretaceous period. [10]
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Kent |
---|---|
Grid reference | TR 267 383 [1] |
Interest | Biological Geological |
Area | 316.3 hectares (782 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1987 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Folkestone Warren is a 316.3-hectare (782-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which runs along the coast between Folkestone and Dover in Kent. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site [3] and it contains three Geological Conservation Review sites and part of a fourth. [4] [5] [6] [7] An area of 83.6 hectares (207 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve, [8] [9]
These chalk cliffs have several nationally rare plants and they provide a location for cliff nesting and wintering birds. The SSSI also contains two internationally important reference sites for study of the Cretaceous period. [10]