Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment
Protected area in Kent, England
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Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment is a 263.2-hectare (650-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Folkestone in Kent.[1][2][3] It is a Special Area of Conservation.[4] An area of 205 hectares (510 acres) is a Nature Conservation Review grassland site, Grade 2, and the 70-hectare (170-acre) Asholt Wood at its western end is a Grade 1 woodland site.[5] The reserve has a Geological Conservation Review site.[6][7]
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| |
 Location of Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment. | |
| Area of search | Kent |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TR 192 384[1] |
| Interest | Biological Geological |
| Area | 263.2 hectares (650 acres)[1] |
| Notification date | 1985[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
A large area of chalk grassland has three nationally rare plants, and Asholt Wood has outstanding lichen flora. The site also includes Holywell Coombe, a key geological site displaying the sequence of mollusc fossils in the late Pleistocene and Holocene.[8]
Part of the land within Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment SSSI is owned by the Ministry of Defence.[9]
