Saxten’s Wood

Saxten’s Wood is a forest in Fawkham, Sevenoaks, England. Saxten’s Wood is situated nearby to the village Fawkham Green, as well as near the hamlet West Yoke.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brands Hatch and West Kingsdown Library.

Brands Hatch

Sports venue

Photo: Whiters, Public domain.

Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events.

West Kingsdown Library

Library

Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Church

Photo: Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eynsford and Longfield.

Eynsford

Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eynsford is a village of 1,800 people in Kent. The village is near Brands Hatch – a race track in Kent, most famous for its circuit. It has grown from a modest natural amphitheatre used for local races in the 1920s into one of the UK’s major motor racing circuits.

Longfield

Village

Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longfield is a village in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located 6 miles south east of Dartford and the same distance south-west of Gravesend.

Horton Kirby

Village

Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Horton Kirby is a village in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.9 miles east of Swanley & 4.9 miles south of Dartford. Together with the nearby village of South Darenth, it forms the Horton Kirby and South Darenth civil parish.

Saxten’s Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Fawkham, Sevenoaks, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.3618° or 51° 21′ 42″ north

Longitude

0.2768° or 0° 16′ 37″ east

Open location code

9F32976G+PP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 5044831

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fawkham Green and West Yoke.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Brandshatch Place Hotel Health Club And Spa and Rogers Wood.

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