Minepit Wood

Minepit Wood is a forest in Horsmonden, Tunbridge Wells District, England. Minepit Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Hazel Street, as well as near the village Lamberhurst.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scotney Castle and Bayham Old Abbey.

Scotney Castle

Ruins

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Scotney Castle is an English country house with formal gardens south-east of Lamberhurst in the valley of the River Bewl in Kent, England. It belongs to the National Trust. Scotney Castle is situated 2 miles south of Minepit Wood.

Bayham Old Abbey

Archaeological site

Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bayham Old Abbey is an English Heritage property, located near Lamberhurst, Kent, England. Founded c. 1208 through a combination of the failing Premonstratensian monasteries of Otham and Brockley, Bayham functioned as an abbey until its dissolution in the 16th century. Bayham Old Abbey is situated 2½ miles southwest of Minepit Wood.

Christ Church

Church

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Christ Church is a Church of England parish church in Kilndown, Kent, England. It was built in 1839 under the commission of William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, and was substantially reordered in the early 1840s in accordance with the principles of the Cambridge Camden Society. Christ Church is situated 2 miles southeast of Minepit Wood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilndown and Matfield.

Kilndown

Village

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Kilndown is a village 5 miles west of Cranbrook in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of Goudhurst. Kilndown is situated 2 miles southeast of Minepit Wood.

Matfield

Village

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Matfield is a small village, part of the civil parish of Brenchley and Matfield, in the Tunbridge Wells borough of Kent, England. Matfield was awarded the title of Kent Village of the Year in 2010. Matfield is situated 3 miles northwest of Minepit Wood.

Curtisden Green

Hamlet

Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Curtisden Green is a hamlet, lying 3 miles to the north of Goudhurst, Kent, England. It is the location of Bethany School. Curtisden Green is situated 4 miles east of Minepit Wood.

Minepit Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Horsmonden, Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.11718° or 51° 7′ 2″ north

Longitude

0.40521° or 0° 24′ 19″ east

Elevation

249 feet (76 metres)

Open location code

9F324C84+V3

GeoNames ID

10377853

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