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Chalky Bank Road, GILLINGHAM, ME8 7NN

This wooded nature reserve is an old chalk pit which provided chalk for cement production between 1901 and 1931. This path along the southern edge looks down the steep slope into the former chalk pit which is now completely wooded. The path has been closed at the far end as it has subsided down a steep slope. The site is managed by the Woodland Trust. A full account, including a walk, can be seen at http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site568/Self%20guided%20walk%202.pdf

This wooded nature reserve is an old chalk pit which provided chalk for cement production between 1901 and 1931. This path along the southern edge looks down the steep slope into the former chalk pit which is now completely wooded. The path has been closed at the far end as it has subsided down a steep slope. The site is managed by the Woodland Trust. A full account, including a walk, can be seen at http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site568/Self%20guided%20walk%202.pdf

The south east path. It is an area of approximately 15 hectares which is located between the River Medway and the northern edge of the residential area of Rainham, Kent. It forms part of the larger Riverside Country Park. The northern part of the reserve is the site of the old British Standard Cement Company’s works which was operational from 1912 until the Second World War, whilst the southern part is the site of the old Rainham chalk quarry which supplied chalk to the cement works.

This is just round the corner from Berengrove Nature Reserve - see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6931283

The east path by the southern entrance to the reserve. It is an area of approximately 15 hectares which is located between the River Medway and the northern edge of the residential area of Rainham, Kent. It forms part of the larger Riverside Country Park. The northern part of the reserve is the site of the old British Standard Cement Company’s works which was operational from 1912 until the Second World War, whilst the southern part is the site of the old Rainham chalk quarry which supplied chalk to the cement works.

Information board at the southern entrance. The wooded reserve is an old chalk pit which provided chalk for cement production between 1901 and 1931.

Viewpoint on the south west corner. This wooded reserve is an old chalk pit which provided chalk for cement production between 1901 and 1931.

Southern path (behind Chalky Bank Road) which runs along the top of the last working chalk face of the old Rainham chalk quarry.

This part of the nature reserve consists of the abandoned chalk quarry of the British Standard cement plant which operated from 1913 to 1931. For details, see http://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_british_standard.html and related pages.