Purple Hill

Purple Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Kent
Grid reference TQ 812 622[1]
Interest Biological
Area 14.9 hectares (37 acres)[1]
Notification 1984[1]
Location map Magic Map

Purple Hill is a 14.9-hectare (37-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Gillingham in Kent.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.[3]

This chalk downland site has herb-rich grassland, scrub and woods. Flora include the nationally rare Kentish milkwort and several uncommon orchids.[4]

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. 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.

Coordinates: 51°19′48″N 0°36′00″E / 51.330°N 0.600°E / 51.330; 0.600

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