Alderbed Meadow

Resources

About the meadow, and the ground around it.

The meadow

• Charing Alderbed Meadow: the site guide, with its history, habitats and species (Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership, PDF)
• Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership: conservation along the Great Stour, which Alderbed’s springs eventually feed
• Kent & Medway Biological Records Centre: Local Wildlife Sites and species records for the county
• Ancient Woodland (England): Natural England’s inventory of ancient woodland

Walking from Charing

• Charing West: Lost Landscapes: a walk through the old field names and lost heathland west of the village (Kent Downs National Landscape)
• North Downs Way: Charing to Wye: the route east along the scarp above Alderbed
• North Downs Way National Trail

Nearby

• Hothfield Heathlands: one of the last heathlands in Kent, four miles away (Kent Wildlife Trust)