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A farmer who moved into the valley in 1977 with government grants in mind, started to remove trees & hedgerows with a vengeance. Local residents were appalled & formed the Alkham Valley Society to help protect the environment by taking action through the courts. Sladden Wood was the first felled wood in Britain to get a tree preservation order put on it, and as a result, it continues to thrive as a 7-hectare (17-acre) nature reserve managed by the Kent Trust for Nature Conservation. The main trees in this wood are hornbeam, field maple & hazel, and there are ground flora such as green hellebore & yellow archangel. There is access by a footpath from Alkham |