Ham Street Woods

Ham Street Woods is a 175.2-hectare (433-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Ashford in Kent.^[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,^[3] and an area of 97.1 hectares (240 acres) is a National Nature Reserve.^[4][5]

Ham Street Woods

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Kent
Grid reference	TR 009 343[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	175.2 hectares (433 acres)[1]
Notification	1989[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This semi-natural wood is more than 400 years old, and it has rich and diverse invertebrates, including 12 rare or scarce dead wood species, such as the nationally rare beetle, Tomoxia biguttata.^[6]

There is access from the Greensand Way, which crosses the site. The wood comprises Barrow Wood, Bourne Wood and Carter's Wood, the latter two having residential roads named after them in Hamstreet.