Swanscombe Skull Site

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Swanscombe Skull Site is a National Nature Reserve in Kent, covering 0.02 km². The county has eleven National Nature Reserves; this is one. It is the smallest of them.

For more of the same, Darenth Wood and Beacon Wood Country Park are close by. For arrivals by rail, Swanscombe Station is about 1 km to the north-east.

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