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(Registered Charity No.1083121) Our Aims and Objectives are: "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 tranquillity 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 still 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 a further three plots and completion is imminent on two more. We are now starting on the next round of funding applications in respect of twenty further plots.
Key to plan: green = Trust land, red = just completed, now Trust land, orange = next phase for plot purchase. Funds being sought. We have a membership of around 200 enthusiastic people, and work closely with other countryside organisation, such as Cobham & Ashenbank Management Scheme (CAMS), 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. Visit the Plantlife web site, Ranscombe Farm page, via the link below, to see how work on the Reserve, where the Trust has worked closely with Plantlife staff, is progressing.
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: 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.
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