Wouldham to Detling Escarpment
Wouldham to Detling Escarpment SSSI
- Size: 311.2 hectares (769 acres)
- What it is: A protected area for both biology and geology
- Location: From Wouldham to Detling, north of Maidstone, Kent, England
- Notified: 1990
- Designations: Geological Conservation Review site; part of North Downs Woodlands Special Area of Conservation; part of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; Nature Conservation Review site (Grade I); includes three Kent Wildlife Trust nature reserves and a Local Nature Reserve
- Habitat: Chalk escarpment with woodland, unimproved grassland and scrub
- Wildlife and fossils: nationally rare meadow clary; several scarce invertebrates; many well-preserved Mesozoic fossil fishes
- Grid reference: TQ 753 611
- Coordinates: 51.322°N, 0.514°E
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