Robins Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Kent |
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Grid reference | TQ 768 338[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 47.7 hectares (118 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1987[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Robins Wood is a 47.7-hectare (118-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Tunbridge Wells and Ashford in Kent.[1][2]
This is a deep valley along a stream in the Weald, and has the humid conditions typical of such areas. It has a diverse flora of mosses, ferns and liverworts, and woodland which is thought to date back to recolonisation after the last ice age ended 11,700 years ago.[3]
Footpaths go through some parts of the site.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Robins Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Map of Robins Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Robins Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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