Great Hurst Wood

Great Hurst Wood is a deciduous forest in Chilham, Ashford, England. Great Hurst Wood is situated nearby to the village Shottenden, as well as near Chilham.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chilham Castle and Godmersham Park.

Chilham Castle

Castle

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Chilham Castle is a Jacobean manor house and keep in the village of Chilham, between Ashford and Canterbury in the county of Kent, England. The keep is of Norman origin and dates to 1174, although it may have been built on an older Anglo-Saxon fortification.

Godmersham Park

Manor estate

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Godmersham Park is a Grade I listed house in Godmersham in the English county of Kent. The house is on the edge of the North Downs between Ashford and Canterbury.

Park Wood

Forest

Park Wood is a 31.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Chilham in Kent. This wood is mainly hazel and hornbeam coppice with oak standards, and diverse shrub and ground layers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chilham and Godmersham.

Chilham

Village

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Chilham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England. It sits on the north bank of the Great Stour around 5+1⁄2 miles to the southwest of Canterbury and seven miles northeast of Ashford.

Godmersham

Village

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Godmersham is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village straddles the Great Stour river where it cuts through the North Downs and its land is approximately one third woodland, all in the far east and west on the escarpment of the North Downs.