Folkestone Warren

{{Infobox SSSI

|image= The Warren from near Capel-le-Ferne - geograph.org.uk - 686150.jpg

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|name= Folkestone Warren

|aos= Kent

|interest=Biological
Geological

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|area= {{convert|316.3|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1987

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003675%27 Magic Map]

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Folkestone Warren is a {{convert| 316.3|ha|acre|abbr=off |adj=on }} biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which runs along the coast between Folkestone and Dover in Kent.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003675&SiteName=warren&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Folkestone Warren | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 6 February 2018}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003675%27|title=Map of Folkestone Warren|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 6 February 2018}} It is a Nature Conservation Review site{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2|pages =1–2 |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0-521-21403-3 }} and it contains three Geological Conservation Review sites and part of a fourth.{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1244 |title= East Wear Bay, Folkestone (Jurassic - Cretaceous Reptilia) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 6 February 2018}}{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=801 |title= Folkestone Warren (Mass movement) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 11 January 2018}}{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=938 |title= Folkestone (Aptian-Albian) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 6 February 2018}}{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=213 |title= Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs (Cenomanian, Turonian, Senonian, Maastrichtian) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 11 January 2018}} An area of {{convert|83.6|ha|acre|abbr=off}} is a Local Nature Reserve,{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008904&SiteName=folkes&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Folkestone Warren |series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England |access-date=16 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=Ref_CODE%3D%271008904%27 |title=Map of Folkestone Warren|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| access-date= 6 February 2018}}

These chalk cliffs have several nationally rare plants and they provide a location for cliff nesting and wintering birds. The SSSI also contains two internationally important reference sites for study of the Cretaceous period.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003675.pdf |title=Folkestone Warren citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 6 February 2018}}