Habitats: Lowland Heathland

Heather Corrie Vale is located in the Darent Valley, which is an extremely valuable part of the Nature Recovery Network.

• Nature Reserves

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.

• Heathland
• Nature Reserves

Ancient woodland with heathland and bog

• Heathland
• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

Heathlands form some of the wildest landscapes in the lowlands, where agriculture and development jostle for space, containing and limiting natural processes. Once considered as waste land of little value, lowland heathland is now appreciated and protected for its unique wildlife and austere beauty.

• Habitats
• Heathland

These wild, open landscapes stretch over large areas and are most often found in uplands. Although slow to awaken in spring, by late summer heathland can be an eye-catching purple haze of heather.