- Ham Street Woods
Infobox SSSI
name=Ham Street Woods
aos=Kent
interest=Biological
gridref=TQ996352
area=172.2hectares (425.5acre s)
notifydate=1951
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]Ham Street Woods is a
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) nearHamstreet andRuckinge , six miles (10 km) from Ashford inKent ,England (gbmapping|TQ996352). The woodland is said to be more than 400 years old.The site is on the escarpment of the old Saxon shoreline [ [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/nnr/nnr_details.asp?NNR_ID=75 English Nature] ] and the
Saxon Shore Way passes through the woods. The boundary of the site was amended to include the Ham Street Woods National Nature Reserve(one of the first in the country [ [http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/explore-kent/parks-and-open-spaces/hamstreet-woods-national-nature-reserve.htm Hamstreet Woods NNR] ] and a former part of the site (Burnt Oak Wood) is now included in the nearbyOrlestone Forest (SSSI).Most of the site has been coppiced and in parts the coppicing is still cut. Plants such as bluebell, primrose (Primula vulgaris) and wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flourish, and plants of open areas such as
goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea ) andheath cudweed (Gnaphthalium sylvaticum ) colonise. [ [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001531.pdf SSSI citation] ]References
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