Darland Banks

Darland Banks
Darland Banks
	Interactive map of Darland Banks
Type	Local Nature Reserve
Location	Gillingham, Kent
OS grid	TQ 787 657
Area	29.1 hectares (72 acres)
Managed by	Kent Wildlife Trust

TypeLocal Nature Reserve

LocationGillingham, Kent

Area29.1 hectares (72 acres)

Darland Banks is a 29.1-hectare (72-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Gillingham in Kent. It is owned by Medway Council and managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.^[1]^[2]^[3]

This area of grassland, scrub and woodland has diverse fauna and flora, including the largest population of man orchids in Britain. There are birds such as willow warbler, yellowhammer, linnet and lesser whitethroat.^[1]^[3]

There is access from Darland Avenue.

v t e Local nature reserves in Kent
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Canterbury	Bishopstone Cliffs Bus Company Island Foxes Cross Bottom Curtis Wood Jumping Downs Larkey Valley Wood No Man's Orchard Seasalter Levels South Bank of the Swale Tyler Hill Meadow Whitehall Meadows
Dartford	Rectory Meadow
Dover	High Meadow Prince's Beachlands Western Heights Whinless Down
Folkestone & Hythe	Folkestone Warren Romney Warren
Maidstone	Boxley Warren River Len Vinters Valley Park
Medway	Ambley Wood Baty's Marsh Berengrave Chalk Pit Darland Banks Foxburrow Wood Levan Strice South Wood
Sevenoaks	Dryhill Farningham Wood
Swale	Oare Marshes Queendown Warren
Tonbridge and Malling	Ditton Quarry Haysden Country Park
Tunbridge Wells	Barnett's Wood Crane Valley Foal Hurst Wood Hilbert Woods

v t e Kent Wildlife Trust
Ashford	Ashford Warren and Hoads Wood Broadham Down Conningbrook Lakes Country Park Hothfield Heathlands Stone Wood Turners Field Wattle Wood
Bromley	Downe Bank Hewitt's Chalk Bank Ruxley Gravel Pits
Canterbury	Bigbury Camp East Blean Wood South Blean South Swale West Blean and Thornden Woods Yockletts Bank
Dover	Lydden Temple Ewell Old Park Hill Sladden Wood
Folkestone & Hythe	Park Gate Down Romney Marsh Spong Wood
Maidstone	Kiln Wood The Larches Marden Meadow Quarry Wood Tyland Barn Stockbury Hill Wood
Medway	Darland Banks Nashenden Down
Sevenoaks	Bough Beech Cowden Pound Pastures Fackenden Down Kemsing Down Polhill Bank Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
Swale	Cromers Wood Oare Marshes Oare Meadow Queendown Warren Spuckles and Kennelling Woods
Thanet	Sandwich and Pegwell Bay
Tonbridge and Malling	Blue Bell Hill Burham Down Burham Marsh Holborough Marshes Ivy Hatch Westfield Wood
Tunbridge Wells	Brenchley Wood Collingwood The Gill Parsonage Wood

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