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Protected area in Kent, England

Church Woods, Blean
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Location	Kent
Grid reference	TR 103 601
Interest	Biological
Area	526.7 hectares (1,302 acres)
Notification	2000
Location map	Magic Map

Church Woods, Blean is a 526.7-hectare (1,302-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Canterbury in Kent. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, a National Nature Reserve, a Special Area of Conservation and part of it is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve.

This broadleaved coppice with standards wood has a diverse range of trees, a rich ground flora, a wide variety of birds and many uncommon invertebrates, including the nationally rare heath fritillary butterfly.

There is public access to the site and it is crossed by footpaths.

References

^ "Designated Sites View: Church Woods, Blean". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
"Map of Church Woods, Blean". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-521-21403-3.
"Designated Sites View: Blean Woods". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
"Kent's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
"Designated Sites View: Blean Complex". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
"Blean Woods". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
"Church Woods, Blean citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

51°18′04″N 1°00′54″E / 51.301°N 1.015°E / 51.301; 1.015

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