Reserve types: Hidden Gem

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

• Nature Reserves

Lying along the edge of the river Medway, this patchwork of wet fields and scrub is criss-crossed by ditches and home to many rare and unusual plants and animals.

• Grasslands
• Nature Reserves
• Pond

An excellent example of an unimproved hay meadow. Designated as Kent's Coronation Meadow.

• Meadows
• Nature Reserves

Ancient chalk grassland with a very rich flora.

• Nature Reserves
• Woodland

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

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

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

• Chalk Grassland
• Nature Reserves

A west and south-west facing slope of the North Downs on the eastern side of the Darent Valley.

• Chalk Grassland
• Nature Reserves

Ancient Woodland with large areas undergoing restoration from more modern commercial forestry.

• Blean
• Nature Reserves
• Woodland