Kent Downs

Kent Downs
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Ranscombe Farm, Medway. In June, these 'unimproved' meadows are covered with chalk grassland flowers.
Country	England
County	Kent
Location	south-east England

Kent Downs is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Kent, England.^[1] They are the eastern half of the North Downs and stretch from the London/Surrey borders to the White Cliffs of Dover. It is renowned for its natural beauty.^[2]

Among the named parts of the Downs are:

• Alkham Valley  – a dry valley NW of Dover;^[3]
• Betsom's Hill  – highest point in Kent at 251 metres (823 ft); near Westerham^[4][5]
• Blue Bell Hill
• Burham Down
• Castle Hill
• Detling Hill
• Hollingbourne Downs
• Summerhouse Hill
• Tolsford Hill
• Wye Downs

References

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England East of England Dedham Vale Norfolk Coast Suffolk Coast and Heaths East Midlands Lincolnshire Wolds North East Northumberland Coast North Pennines North West Arnside and Silverdale Forest of Bowland Solway Coast South East Chichester Harbour Chilterns High Weald Isle of Wight Kent Downs South Hampshire Coast Surrey Hills Abolished: East Hampshire Sussex Downs South West Blackdown Hills Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Cornwall Cotswolds Dorset East Devon Isles of Scilly Mendip Hills North Devon Coast North Wessex Downs Quantock Hills South Devon Tamar Valley West Midlands Cannock Chase Malvern Hills Shropshire Hills Wye Valley Yorkshire and Humber Howardian Hills Nidderdale

Coordinates: 51°17′N 0°35′E / 51.29°N 0.58°E / 51.29; 0.58

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