View source for Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount

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|image=  Bridleway in Scords Wood - geograph.org.uk - 1536434.jpg
|image_caption =  Bridleway in Scord's Wood
|name=  Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount
|aos=  Kent
|interest=Biological
|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|TQ 475 520}}<ref name=dsv/>
|area=                    {{convert|252.3|ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/>
|notifydate=                           1991<ref name=dsv/>
|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001159%27  ''Magic Map'']
}}
'''Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount''' is a {{convert| 252.3 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] west of [[Sevenoaks]] in [[Kent]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001159&SiteName=scord&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title=Designated Sites View: Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount  | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 27 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001159%27 |title=Map of Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=  27 February 2018}}</ref> Scord's Wood is a [[Nature Conservation Review]] site, Grade I.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe  |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |page=46 |authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK  |year=1977|isbn= 0521-21403-3 }}</ref>
This sloping site has the best [[sessile oak]] stands in the county. Grasslands on acidic soils are mainly [[common bent]], [[heath bedstraw]], and [[Rumex acetosella|sheep’s sorrel]], together with some [[Calluna vulgaris|heather]] and [[Pteridium aquilinum|bracken]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001159.pdf  |title= Scord's Wood and Brockhoult Mount citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=  27 February 2018}}</ref>
This site is composed of a number of scattered blocks, as well as public footpaths and bridleways that go through some areas.
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[[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Kent]]
[[Category:Nature Conservation Review sites]]