Nemo Down

Nemo Down
Nemo Down
Type	Nature reserve
Location	Dover, Kent
OS grid	TR 293 419
Area	21 hectares (50 acres)[1]

Nemo Down is a 21-hectare (50-acre)[1] nature reserve on the western outskirts of Dover in Kent. It was shown as owned and managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust until 2018.[2]

This site has chalk grassland, scrub and woodland. There is a diverse range of plants including pyramidal orchids and wood anemones, and butterflies such as the marbled white and wall brown.[2]

There is access, which can be very muddy, on Coombe Road.

References

Kent Wildlife Trust gives an area of 62 hectares for Nemo Down and the neighbouring High Meadow and Whinless Down, which have total area of 41 hectares, leaving 21 hectares for Nemo Down.
"Nemo Down". Kent Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

51.13°N 1.276°E / 51.13; 1.276

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[area-1] Kent Wildlife Trust gives an area of 62 hectares for Nemo Down and the neighbouring High Meadow and Whinless Down, which have total area of 41 hectares, leaving 21 hectares for Nemo Down.

[KWT-2] "Nemo Down". Kent Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 29 January 2018.