Folkestone Warren

Folkestone Warren
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location of Folkestone Warren.
Area of searchKent
Grid referenceTR 267 383
InterestBiological
Geological
Area316.3 hectares (782 acres)
Notification date1987
Location mapMagic Map

Folkestone Warren is a 316.3-hectare (782-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which runs along the coast between Folkestone and Dover in Kent. It is a Nature Conservation Review site and it contains three Geological Conservation Review sites and part of a fourth. An area of 83.6 hectares (207 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve,

These chalk cliffs have several nationally rare plants and they provide a location for cliff nesting and wintering birds. The SSSI also contains two internationally important reference sites for study of the Cretaceous period.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Folkestone Warren". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Folkestone Warren". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–2. ISBN 0-521-21403-3.
  4. ↑ "East Wear Bay, Folkestone (Jurassic - Cretaceous Reptilia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Folkestone Warren (Mass movement)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Folkestone (Aptian-Albian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs (Cenomanian, Turonian, Senonian, Maastrichtian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Folkestone Warren". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Map of Folkestone Warren". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Folkestone Warren citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

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