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Folkestone Warren
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Folkestone Warren is a 316.3-hectare (782-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which runs along the coast between Folkestone and Dover in Kent.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site[3] and it contains three Geological Conservation Review sites and part of a fourth.[4][5][6][7] An area of 83.6 hectares (207 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve,[8][9]
These chalk cliffs have several nationally rare plants and they provide a location for cliff nesting and wintering birds. The SSSI also contains two internationally important reference sites for study of the Cretaceous period.[10]
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