Queendown Warren
As you leave the car park, you are greeted by Queendown Warren stretching from one side of the valley to the other. The reserve is a 76.5ha site containing a mixture of Chalk Grassland, open Pasture, and Woodland.
Topics: Nature Reserves
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens
Tyland Barn is the headquarters of the Kent Wildlife Trust and a base for many of our educational activities. The restored 17th-century barn offers a flexible indoor space and is available for hire.
Burham Down
With sublime views over the Weald of Kent, this reserve consists of an area of chalk grassland and a large area of woodland. Some species of orchid can be seen in the woodland and kestrels breed in the chalk cliffs. Various different insects can be observed here.
Cromers Wood
An ancient semi-natural woodland on the southeast side of a dry slope valley. Carpets of wood anemone are followed by bluebells, early purple and common spotted orchids.
Darland Banks
Sweeping panoramic views are not what you expect to find in the heart of the Medway towns but this site has long defied convention. This is our most diverse reserve which is home to the largest population of Man orchids in the country.
East Blean Wood NNR
This Ancient semi-natural woodland is recognised as a site of international importance for wildlife.
Holborough Marshes
Lying along the edge of the river Medway, this patchwork of wet fields and scrub is criss-crossed by ditches and home to many rare and unusual plants and animals.
Hothfield Heathlands
Rich in flora and fauna, this important reserve contains Kent's last four valley bogs and one of its few remaining fragments of open heath.
Kemsing Down
An ancient woodland with some areas of grassland with interesting associated flora.
Lydden Temple Ewell - The James Teacher Reserve
Sweeping downland slopes packed with wildlife on the outskirts of Dover.