Down Wood
Down Wood is a deciduous forest in Chilham, Ashford, England. Down Wood is situated nearby to the locality Julliberrie Downs, as well as near the village Chilham.Places of Interest
Highlights include Chilham Castle and Godmersham Park.
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.
Godmersham Park
Manor estate
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Godmersham Park is a Grade I listed house in Godmersham in the English county of Kent. The house is on the edge of the North Downs between Ashford and Canterbury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chilham and Chartham.
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.
Chartham
Village
Photo: john salter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chartham is a village and civil parish in the Canterbury district of Kent, England. It is situated on the Ashford side of the city, and is in the North Downs area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 2.3 mi south west of Canterbury, England.
Godmersham
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Godmersham is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village straddles the Great Stour river where it cuts through the North Downs and its land is approximately one third woodland, all in the far east and west on the escarpment of the North Downs.
Down Wood
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Chilham, Ashford, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.233° or 51° 13′ 59″ northLongitude
0.9817° or 0° 58′ 54″ eastOpen location code
9F326XMJ+6MOpenStreetMap ID
way 197974235OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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