Hand Wood

Hand Wood is a forest in Chartham, City of Canterbury, England. Hand Wood is situated nearby to the suburb Stuppington, as well as near the locality Lower Heppington.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canterbury Cathedral and Canterbury Castle.

Canterbury Cathedral

Church

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Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Canterbury Castle

Castle

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

Canterbury Castle is a ruined Norman castle in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a five-minute walk from Canterbury East Station and the main bus station around City Wall.

St Augustine’s Abbey

Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury, Kent, England. The abbey was founded in 598 and functioned as a monastery until its dissolution in 1538 during the English Reformation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canterbury and Wincheap.

Canterbury is a cathedral and university city in Kent, in the South East of England. Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and hence the Primus inter pares of the primates of each national church in the Anglican Communion and spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England.

Wincheap

Suburb

Photo: david mills, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wincheap is a road and suburb in Canterbury, Kent, England. The road forms part of the A28 road, stretching for around 1 mile from the city wall, close by Canterbury East railway station, to the over-crossing of the A2 and the parish of Thanington.

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.

Hand Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Chartham, City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.2495° or 51° 14′ 58″ north

Longitude

1.0556° or 1° 3′ 20″ east

Open location code

9F3363X4+R6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 197976498

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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