The Mount (Popsy’s View)

The Mount (Popsy’s View) is a scenic viewpoint in Chilham, Ashford, England. The Mount (Popsy’s View) is situated nearby to the forest Conduit Wood, as well as near Franklins Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chilham Castle and Selling railway station.

Chilham Castle

Castle

Photo: Daywalker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chilham Castle is a Jacobean manor house and keep in the village of Chilham, between Ashford and Canterbury in the county of Kent, England. The keep is of Norman origin and dates to 1174, although it may have been built on an older Anglo-Saxon fortification. Chilham Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of The Mount (Popsy’s View).

Selling railway station

Railway station

Photo: Peter Standing, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Selling railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Selling, Kent. It is 55 miles 18 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Faversham and Canterbury East. Selling railway station is situated 1½ miles north of The Mount (Popsy’s View).

Park Wood

Forest

Park Wood is a 31.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Chilham in Kent. This wood is mainly hazel and hornbeam coppice with oak standards, and diverse shrub and ground layers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selling and Chilham.

Selling

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Selling is a village and civil parish southeast of Faversham and west of Canterbury in Kent, England.

Chilham

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chilham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England. It sits on the north bank of the Great Stour around 5+1⁄2 miles to the southwest of Canterbury and seven miles northeast of Ashford. Chilham is situated 1½ miles southeast of The Mount (Popsy’s View).