Down Bank

Down Bank
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Kent
Grid reference TR 083 521[1]
Interest Biological
Area 5.9 hectares (15 acres)[1]
Notification 1990[1]
Location map Magic Map

Down Bank is a 5.9-hectare (15-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Canterbury in Kent.[1][2]

This sloping chalk meadow has the nationally endangered black-veined moth and twenty-eight species of butterfly, including the nationally scarce Duke of Burgundy. Grassland flora include two nationally scarce species, small bedstraw and man orchid.[3]

A public footpath goes through the site.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Down Bank". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Down Bank". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Down Bank citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

Coordinates: 51°13′48″N 0°58′55″E / 51.23°N 0.982°E / 51.23; 0.982

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