Forests & woodlands · London
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
In or near Kemsing.
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve is a forest or woodland in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Bat & Ball · 0.8 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve is a named forest, woodland or nature reserve in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 51.2911°, 0.1829°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Sevenoaks Gravel Pits SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Sevenoaks Gravel Pits is a 73.7-hectare (182-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust as the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve and Jeffery Harrison Visitor Centre.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The site was converted from gravel-pit to nature reserve by the Harrison family - particularly Jeffery Harrison, after whom the visitor centre is named. As such, the site is almost totally man-made - nearly all trees on the site were manually planted, and the lakes and ponds were created by excavating and flooding former gravel workings with water from the River Darent. As such, the site represented the first such conversion of a gravel-pit anywhere in the United Kingdom. Large areas of gravel and sand were replaced with woodland, supporting birds such as woodpeckers, warblers and tits, as well as other migratory birds. These include siskins - a bird that comes in the winter months to feed…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.2911, 0.1829
- County
- Kent
- District
- Sevenoaks
- Parish
- Sevenoaks
- Postcode
- TN13 3LE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Nearest railway station
- Bat & Ball — 0.8 km
Sources
- osm: w214567628 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Sevenoaks Gravel Pits (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Bird Hide - geograph.org.uk - 188225.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve?
- Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve is in Kent, London, United Kingdom (postcode TN13 3LE), in the parish of Sevenoaks.
- What is Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve?
- Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve is a forest or woodland in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve?
- The nearest railway station is Bat & Ball, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can use postcode TN13 3LE.
- Is Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve a protected site?
- Yes — Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve is part of the Sevenoaks Gravel Pits SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve free to visit?
- Yes, Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve is free to enter.
- How do I get to Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve?
- The nearest railway station is Bat & Ball, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TN13 3LE.