Downs, woodlands and wildlife of Dover.

This is a 9 mile circular walk through the chalk downland and woodlands near Dover. It starts in the village of Temple Ewell, in the free Kent Wildlife Trust car park, behind the former George & Dragon pub. From the car park we will head through the Lydden Temple Ewell National Nature Reserve, which is owned and managed by the wildlife conservation charity, Kent Wildlife Trust. This site is one of the largest areas of chalk grassland habitat left in Kent and supports many rare species of plants and insects, including the early spider orchid, the Adonis blue butterfly and the wartbiter bush cricket. The walk then heads through MOD training grounds, after which we will arrive in the village of Alkham, after the first 8 miles. We will have a picnic lunch at the Alkham recreation ground, and a drink in the Marquis of Granby pub in the village, if people wish to do so. We then continue through more Wildlife Trust and MOD woodlands and downland until we return to the car park. There are toilets and a cafe at the nearby Kearsney Abbey gardens approximately half a mile away.