Sladden Wood

Sladden Wood is a 7-hectare nature reserve north of Alkham in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. The main trees in this wood are hornbeam, field maple and hazel, and there are ground flora such as green hellebore and yellow archangel.

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kearsney railway station and St Peter’s Church.

Kearsney railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kearsney railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves Kearsney and Temple Ewell. It is 75 miles 9 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Shepherds Well and Dover Priory, the terminus.

St Peter’s Church

Church

Photo: Adam Hincks, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Swingfield, some 3 miles northeast of Hawkinge, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Church of St Anthony the Martyr

Church

Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dover and Buckland.

Dover

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dover is a major port town in East Kent, facing into the English Channel. At just 21 mi from the French port of Calais, it is the closest port to continental Europe on mainland Britain.

Buckland

Suburb

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Buckland including Buckland Valley is a village near Dover, in the county of Kent, England. It is noted for the Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery whose finds now belong to the British Museum but are on display at Dover Museum.

Temple Ewell

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Temple Ewell is a civil parish and historic village in the county of Kent, England. The village is part of the Dover district of Kent, and forms part of the Dover urban area.

Sladden Wood

Type: Forest
Description: park in United Kingdom
Category: park
Location: Alkham, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.1402° or 51° 8′ 25″ north

Longitude

1.2276° or 1° 13′ 40″ east

Open location code

9F3346RH+33

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4816423

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

Wikidata ID

Q47517350

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