West Kent Downs Countryside Trust

 

 

Welcome to the website of the West Kent Downs Countryside Trust

(Registered Charity No. 1083121)

 

 

 

 

Our Aims and Objectives:

"To conserve for the benefit of the public, the natural beauty and habitats of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty around Cobham and Cuxton; and to educate the public in the practice of such conservation."

 

We are a voluntary organisation of local people in Cuxton, Halling, Cobham, Luddesdown and the surrounding areas of West Kent who undertake specific projects to conserve the beauty, peace and tranquility of the traditional English countryside, right on your doorstep.

 

We tackle problems that affect the local countryside and promote its proper use to enable your family to enjoy its natural beauty and habitats.

 

We are concentrating on the area in Cobham Woods, known locally as The Leisure Plots.  Thanks to the generosity of the late William Henry Hamilton Jnr, who left us six plots in his will, we started with a secure base to start our conservation work in the area.  With the assistance of the Rail Link Countryside Initiative and the Kent Downs AONB Sustainable Development Fund we have now purchased further plots.  The Trust now owns fourteen plots with a total area of about 10 acres, which is about 10% of the total area.

 

 

 

 

We have a membership of around 160 enthusiastic people and work closely with other countryside organisations such as Plantlife International, Kent Wildlife Trust, Kent Downs AONB and the Cuxton Countryside Group, as well as Kent County Council, Medway Unitary Authority and Gravesham Borough Council.

 

We hope you enjoy exploring our website and that it helps you to understand our work.  Please let us have your feedback about our site via our Contact Us page.  We hope it will stimulate your interest and hopefully prompt you to join us in our conservation work by becoming a member of the trust.