Nemo Down Explained

Nemo Down is a 21ha^[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

51.13°N 1.276°W

Notes and References

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.
2. Web site: Nemo Down . Kent Wildlife Trust . 29 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180103073224/http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/nemo-down# . 2018-01-03 . dead .