Purple Hill

Purple Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location of Purple Hill.
Area of searchKent
Grid referenceTQ 812 622
InterestBiological
Area14.9 hectares (37 acres)
Notification date1984
Location mapMagic Map

Purple Hill is a 14.9-hectare (37-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Gillingham in Kent. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.

This chalk downland site has herb-rich grassland, scrub and woods. Flora include the nationally rare Kentish milkwort and several uncommon orchids.

The site is private land with no public access.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Purple Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Purple Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 120. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  4. ↑ "Purple Hill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

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