Monkdown Wood
Monkdown Wood is a forest in Boxley, Maidstone, England. Monkdown Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Boxley Grange, as well as near Dunn Street.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kent Showground and St Mary’s and All Saints Church, Boxley.
Kent Showground
The Kent Showground, formerly known as the Kent County Showground is an area of land in Detling, Kent, England, north of the county town of Maidstone. Stretching along the north side of the A249 from the top of Detling Hill on land that formerly comprised RAF Detling, it is home to the Kent County Agricultural Society which hosts the venue's best-known event, the Kent County Show, each July.St Mary’s and All Saints Church, Boxley
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's and All Saints is a parish church in Boxley, Kent begun in the 13th century and with additions in the 14th and 15th centuries. The church was restored in the 1870s. It is a Grade I listed building.
St Martin of Tours Church, Detling
Church
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Martin of Tours is a parish church in Detling, Kent. Dedicated to Martin of Tours, the building was constructed in the 12th century with 13th and 15th-century additions and restoration carried out in the late 19th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rainham and Lordswood.
Rainham
Photo: ClemRutter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rainham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester and Strood it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns. There is also a town of Rainham in Essex.
Lordswood
Locality
Lordswood is a southern suburb of Chatham, Kent, located approximately 3 miles south of Chatham town centre. It is primarily in Medway but a small southern section is in the Borough of Maidstone.
Walderslade
Suburb
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walderslade is a large suburb of Chatham split between the unitary authority of Medway and the boroughs of Maidstone and Tonbridge & Malling in South East England.
Monkdown Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Boxley, Maidstone, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.3185° or 51° 19′ 6″ northLongitude
0.5681° or 0° 34′ 5″ eastOpen location code
9F328H99+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 23560059OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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