The Fant Wildlife Group is a charity of volunteers from the local community. The group was started in 1996 to manage an area of abandoned allotment gardens close to the town centre of Maidstone. The aim of the Fant Wildlife Group is to maintain and diversify the wildlife in the Fant Wildlife Area, to encourage educational use and local involvement.
Work is continuing to create a diversity of habitats for wildlife on the site by building ponds, planting native trees and plants, and to encourage use of the site by the community.
Use the map to find your way around the site and explore the woodland walk. The map includes eight way-markers to guide you around the nature trail.
Use the trail to explore the Fant Wildlife Site - see how much flora and fauna you can spot.
This short film shows Volunteers from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) getting to grips with clearing the paths and pruning trees.
Here you will find all the essential information about up-coming activities and events. For further information please e-mail fantwildlife@mail.com.
If you have any comments or suggestions to make about your local nature reserve, this is the best opportunity to make your voice heard.
Get involved with all kinds of activities to help keep your nature reserve in great condition. If you don't feel energetic, bring your children and have a go at pond dipping or bug hunting. Meeting at the Roseholme entrance at 10am.
This is your chance to try some delicious food created using produced foraged from the nature reserve. Blackberries, damsons, apples, elderflower and mint are just some of the edible treats at the Fant Wildlife Area. The tasting starts at 10am.
Click here to find out more about the volunteers who manage your Local Nature Reserve.