Abbey Wood
Abbey Wood is a forest in Sutton Valence, Maidstone, England. Abbey Wood is situated nearby to the village Langley Heath, as well as near the hamlet East Sutton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sutton Valence Castle and East Sutton Park Prison and Young Offender Institution.
Sutton Valence Castle
Ruins
Photo: Ukiws, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sutton Valence Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Sutton Valence in Kent, England. Overlooking a strategic route to the coast, the original castle probably comprised an inner and an outer bailey and a protective barbican, with a three-storey high keep on its southern side.
East Sutton Park Prison and Young Offender Institution
Prison
HM Prison East Sutton Park is a women's open prison and young offender's institute located in the Parish of East Sutton, near Maidstone in Kent, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison & Probation Service.
St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church, East Sutton
Church
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's and St Paul's Church is a parish church in Church Lane, East Sutton, Kent dedicated to saints Peter and Paul. It was begun in the mid-13th century or earlier and additions were made in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingswood and Broomfield.
Kingswood
Village
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingswood is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent, England and forms part of the civil parish of Broomfield and Kingswood. The main village was constructed in the early 1960s, after earlier sporadic development in both Pitt and Gravelly Bottom Roads on land given to soldiers returning from WW1.
Broomfield
Hamlet
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broomfield is a village in the civil parish of Broomfield and Kingswood, in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. It lies 6 miles to the east of Maidstone.
Harrietsham
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harrietsham is a rural and industrial village and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, it had a population of 1,504, increasing to 2,113 at the 2011 Census.
Abbey Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Sutton Valence, Maidstone, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.2275° or 51° 13′ 39″ northLongitude
0.6009° or 0° 36′ 3″ eastOpen location code
9F326JH2+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 24467197OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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