Dryhill (SSSI)
Location and Access Information
Grid Reference: TQ 499552
This Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve is located near Sevenoaks in west Kent. From Sevenoaks/Riverhead, follow the A25 towards Westerham. Continue over the A21/M25 flyover and turn left into Dryhill Lane. Immediately after passing a garden centre on the left, Dryhill Local Nature Reserve is at the end of this lane on the left. A sign at the site explains the geological interest of the site.
Further information on the site is available at: www.kent.gov.uk
View the site map on Nature on the Map.
Geological Interest
This site is well known and provides a classic and nationally significant exposure through the so-called 'rag and hassock' beds of the Cretaceous Lower Greensand. These alternating layers of sandy limestone and calcareous sandstone were deposited in a shallow sea and in the past, when the quarry was operating, yielded a rich and diverse fossil brachiopod and bivalve fauna.
