Low Weald
Landscape Character Type and Key habitats
- Well wooded agricultural landscape, well-developed hedgerows
- Ponds and streams
Actions for nature
- Conserve and manage hedgerows and replant to restore hedgerow network, improve connectivity
- Manage woodlands and wood pasture to increase species and age diversity and seek opportunities to extend and connect
Nature-friendly actions
- Increase species diversity of semi improved grasslands
- Create wildflower meadows
- Conserve, Restore and create ponds and hammer ponds
- Monitor and control invasive non-native species
- Create arable margins and pollinator species corridors
- Maintain winter cover, feed crops or stubbles
- Create buffer strips to water courses, hedgerows and woodland edges
Key sensitivities
- Irregular mosaic of fields, hedges, ancient woodlands and wood pasture
- Strong hedgerow network
- Streams and ponds including larger historic hammer ponds