Oare Meadow is a nature reserve in
Oare, north of
Faversham
Faversham is a market town in Kent, England, from London and from Canterbury, next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames Estuary. It is close to the A2, which follows an ancient British t ...
in
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
. It is managed by the
Kent Wildlife Trust.
It is part of
The Swale Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...
.
This small site has a pond and bog, which are fed by a spring. Wetland plants include
ragged-robin and
yellow iris. There is also a meadow which supports grassland plants.
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The site is open to the public.
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References
{{Kent Wildlife Trust
Kent Wildlife Trust