Thanet Countryside Trust is the freehold owner and administrator of Monkton Nature Reserve. The reserve is situated in an old chalk quarry, last excavated in 1958. It was rescued from becoming a county council rubbish tip in 1985 on the condition that it became a nature reserve and study centre. The Trust was particularly anxious to keep one of the last natural assets on Thanet - apart from the cliffs and seashore there are very few areas of natural habitat left on the island

The Trust's aims, as set out by the Charity Commission are:

'The advancement of public education on ecology, natural history and related subjects.

The conservation, protection and restoration, for the public benefit, of natural resources, natural beauty, animal and plant life, and lands of ecological importance throughout the Isle of Thanet, or in relation to such areas and/or such resources as the Trustees may from time to time decide.

To provide for the benefit of the public facilities of a charitable nature for outdoor recreation in the aforesaid area of benefit'.

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