Church Woods
Church Woods, Blean is a 526.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Canterbury in Kent. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, a National Nature Reserve, a Special Area of Conservation and part of it is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve.Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Forest
- Description: protected area in Kent, England
- Also known as: “Church Wood” and “Church Woods, Blean”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bigbury Camp and Church of St. Gabriel.
Bigbury Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bigbury Camp is a univallate hill fort in the parish of Harbledown and Rough Common in Kent in England. The fort is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, with a list entry identification number of 1005169.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canterbury and Wincheap.
Canterbury
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Blean
Village
Photo: Thomas Grant, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blean is a village and civil parish in the Canterbury district of Kent, England. The civil parish is large and is mostly woodland, much of which is ancient woodland.
Church Woods
Latitude
51.2983° or 51° 17′ 54″ northLongitude
1.0147° or 1° 0′ 53″ eastOpen location code
9F3372X7+8VOpenStreetMap ID
way 4626929OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodWikidata ID
Q48743930
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Church Woods” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تشرتش وودز”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Upper Harbledown and Denstroude.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Hall and Cheyney Field.
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