About the reserve
This idyllic reserve serves to remind visitors of just how much of this classic English landscape has been lost. It boasts one of the best remaining examples of unimproved hay meadows in Kent. Green-winged orchids are abundant in May and later in the year many daisies, vetches and wild grass are common, along with rarer species such as dyers greenweed and sneezewort.
The landscape of small fields surrounded by hedges with multiple ponds, provides excellent habitat for a range of birds including yellow hammers, swallows, reed warblers and skylarks.
The site is a key donor meadow site and has been part of the Coronation Meadows project, providing local provenance meadow seed to meadow restoration projects in the area. Find out more about the Coronation Meadows project here.
Sponsor Marden Meadow
Did you know? You can sponsor a quarter acre or more of this remarkable reserve as part of Kent Wildlife Trust’s Sponsor a Reserve programme, championing chalk grassland and the many species that rely on it for survival. Marden Meadow is one of the first sites in Kent to be part of this important programme to support the conservation management of precious habitats.
Environmental designation
- Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)