Neck Wood
Neck Wood is a forest in Alkham, Dover District, England. Neck Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Ewell Minnis, as well as near Wolverton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kearsney railway station and Sladden Wood.
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.
Sladden Wood
Forest
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
River Dour
River
The River Dour is a chalk stream in the county of Kent, England. It flows from the villages of Temple Ewell and River between which is a neighbourhood served by a railway station, Kearsney.
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.
Neck Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Alkham, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1421° or 51° 8′ 32″ northLongitude
1.2337° or 1° 14′ 1″ eastOpen location code
9F3346RM+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 4816530OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Anthony the Martyr and Alkham Village Hall.
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