Poulton Wood is a
Local Nature Reserve in
Aldington, south-east of
Ashford in
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
. It is owned and managed by
Canterbury Oast Trust
Canterbury Oast Trust (COT) is a registered charity in England providing accommodation, care and training for people with learning disabilities, and autistic adults in Kent. .
This is a woodland of coppiced
oak
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...
,
hornbeam
Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus ''Carpinus'' in the family Betulaceae. Its species occur across much of the temperateness, temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Common names
The common English name ''hornbeam'' derives ...
and
ash, and spring flowers include
bluebells.
[ It is managed as a conservation project providing training in subjects such as coppice management and woodcrafts.]
References
{{Local Nature Reserves in Kent
Local Nature Reserves in Kent