Kent Wildlife Trust, the leading active conservation charity in Kent
Founded in 1958, Kent Wildlife Trust is the leading conservation charity for Kent and Medway – protecting wildlife, educating the public, influencing decision makers and restoring habitats.
Our reserves include a range of habitats of extraordinary beauty, that accommodate much endangered wildlife. The Trust manages over 59 reserves covering more than 3,000 hectares of land for wildlife including over 55 miles of roadside reserve.
Charles Darwin
This year sees the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Downe Bank is a Trust owned site, once worked on by Darwin and believed by many to be the 'entangled bank' which inspired Darwin's poetic last paragraph of the 'Origin of Species'. Click here to find out more ...
Visitor centres
- Tyland Barn
Our head office near Maidstone - Bough Beech
Southeast of Sevenoaks - Please note that due to flooding Bough Beech and the toilets are currently closed to the public - Reculver
Situated on the North Kent coast - Jeffery Harrison
Located in the Sevenoaks - Romney Marsh
Located at Romney Warren
Latest news
23rd
Festival Hit for Wildlife Fans
Kent Wildlife Trust's free Festival of Wildlife at Pegwell Country Park. . .
22nd
Signs of the Times for New Look Nature Reserve
Visitors to Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve will find it easier to navigate. . .


