Backhouse Wood
Backhouse Wood is a forest in Aldington, Ashford, England. Backhouse Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Stonestreet Green, as well as near the village Aldington.Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Lympne and The Farriers Arms.
RAF Lympne
Bunker
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Royal Air Force Lympne or more simply RAF Lympne is a former Royal Air Force satellite station in Kent used during the First and Second World Wars. It was opened in 1916 by the Royal Flying Corps as an acceptance point for aircraft being delivered to, and returned from, France.
Port Lympne Mansion
Hotel
Photo: Andy Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Lympne, at Lympne, Kent is an early 20th-century country house built for Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet by Herbert Baker and Philip Tilden. Completed after the First World War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sellindge and Brabourne Lees.
Sellindge
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sellindge is a civil parish and village on the A20 road between Ashford and Folkestone in Kent, South East England. Sellindge is part of North Downs West Ward of Folkestone and Hythe District Council but part of the Elham ward of Kent County Council.
Brabourne Lees
Village
Photo: D-G-Seamon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brabourne Lees is a village in the civil parish of Brabourne, within the Ashford borough of Kent, England. The village is just under 5 miles east of Ashford town centre itself geographically.
Lympne
Village
Photo: Cockney Laurie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lympne, formerly Lymne, is a village on the former shallow-gradient sea cliffs above the expansive agricultural plain of Romney Marsh in Kent, England.
Backhouse Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Aldington, Ashford, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.1005° or 51° 6′ 2″ northLongitude
0.959° or 0° 57′ 33″ eastOpen location code
9F324X25+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 4686933OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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