Folkestone Warren
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Folkestone Warren is a 316.3-hectare (782-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which runs along the coast between Folkestone and Dover in Kent.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site[3] and it contains three Geological Conservation Review sites and part of a fourth.[4][5][6][7] An area of 83.6 hectares (207 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve,[8][9]
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| |
| Location | Kent |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TR 267 383[1] |
| Interest | Biological Geological |
| Area | 316.3 hectares (782 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1987[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
These chalk cliffs have several nationally rare plants and they provide a location for cliff nesting and wintering birds. The SSSI also contains two internationally important reference sites for study of the Cretaceous period.[10]
