Nashenden Down


Type	Nature reserve
Location	Rochester, Kent
OS grid	TQ730657
Area	55 hectares (140 acres)
Managed by	Kent Wildlife Trust

Nashenden Down is a 55-hectare (140-acre) nature reserve on the southern outskirts of Rochester in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust, and is in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[1]

This nature reserve was created from a large arable field in 2009, and it is being regenerated with chalk grassland species, partly by colonisation from a steep bank which escaped ploughing and partly by seed spreading. An area of scrub provides a habitat for birds.^[1]

There is access to the site from Nashenden Farm Lane.

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References

^ ^a ^b "Nashenden Down". Kent Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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