Cowden Pound Pastures

Cowden Pound Pastures is a 5.9-hectare (15-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Cowden in Kent.

[1][2] It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.

[3] This is unimproved neutral grassland, which is a nationally rare habitat, and it is grazed to prevent scrub invading the pasture.

Grasses include crested dog's tail and common knapweed, and an area of wet grassland by a stream has jointed rush and water mint.

[4] There is access from the drive to Walnut Tree Cottage on Hartfield Road, but the gate is padlocked.