Wye and Crundale Downs

Wye and Crundale Downs is a 358.3-hectare (885-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in a number of separate areas east of Ashford in Kent.[1][2] It is a Special Area of Conservation[3][4] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[5] and it is part of Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[6] Some areas are part of a National Nature Reserve,[7][8] and another area is a Geological Conservation Review.[9][10]

Wye and Crundale Downs
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Wye Downs
Area of SearchKent
Grid referenceTR 076 460[1]
InterestBiological
Geological
Area358.3 hectares (885 acres)[1]
Notification1989[1]
Location mapMagic Map

This site has a variety of habitats, including grassland, calcareous fen meadow, scrub, dry woodland on chalk and wet alder woodland. The Devil’s Kneading Trough is an important geological site displaying periglacial changes dating to the late glacial period.[11]

References
  1. "Designated Sites View: Wye and Crundale Downs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "Map of Wye and Crundale Downs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. "Designated Sites View: Wye & Crundale Downs". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. "Wye & Crundale Downs". Special Areas of Conservation. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 115–16. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  6. "Wye Downs". Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. "Kent's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. 2 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  8. "Designated Sites View: Wye". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  9. "Devil`s Kneading Trough (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 2018-01-12. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  10. "Devil`s Kneading Trough (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  11. "Wye and Crundale Downs citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

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