Facilities: Dog walking

In the winter, South Swale welcomes migrating birds such as brent geese, turnstones, dunlin, avocets, osytercatchers and ringed plovers. In the summer, it's home to carpets of flowers which attract butterflies and some rare bee species!

• Beach
• Coast
• Nature Reserves

The reserve is managed as part of an organic livestock farm in partnership with a local farmer and consists of neutral grassland, a small stream, a pond and areas of scrub and mature woodland.

• Nature Reserves

The ever-changing wood, home to the Wilder Blean project where we have introduced European bison.

• Bison
• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

Part of an internationally important yew woodland, with steep chalky slopes occupied by a dense stand of yew overtopped in places by mature ash and beech.

• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

This must-see site for orchid aficionados has ancient woodland on a chalk escarpment with a clay cap. The slope of the valley supports mixed woodland of ash, hornbeam and beech with a hazel understorey.

• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

Ancient woodland with heathland and bog

• Heathland
• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

A tucked away area of downland forming a haven for wildlife. The breath-taking views across the Stour valley on the north end and towards Ashford on the south end also are a sight to behold.

• Chalk Grassland
• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

A small woodland reserve centred around a lake

• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

A small valley with grassland and ancient woodland.

• Grasslands
• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

Downe Bank is a uniquely special nature reserve, due to fundamental scientific studies carried out here by Charles Darwin.

• Chalk Grassland
• Nature Reserves