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By car to the National Trust. e wood, a Site of areare best best in in spring spring with with early-purple early-purple orchids orchids and and SignpostedSignposted o o the the A2 A2 between between Gravesend Gravesend and and Rochester Rochester Special Scienti c Interest, is open all year but at the Cobham/Shorne junction )DA12 3HX). Special Scienti c Interest, is open all year but bluebells.bluebells. Useful Information at the Cobham/Shorne junction )DA12 3HX). the Darnley Mausoleum is open only on Useful Information By bus the Darnley Mausoleum is open only on e excellent work begun by local volunteers in Shorne Woods Country Park (Kent County Council) By bus certain days. e excellent work begun by local volunteers in Shorne Woods Country Park (Kent County Council) Red Route 416/417 service between Meopham, Sole certain days. 2005 will be continued. Plantlife is organising Tel:Tel: 01474 01474 823800 823800 Red Route 416/417 service between Meopham, Sole 2005 will be continued. Plantlife is organising E-mail: [email protected] Street,Street, Higham Higham and and Gravesend Gravesend runs runs Monday Monday to to volunteer workdays, talks, free guided walks and E-mail: [email protected] Saturday four times daily return. Bus stops at the park Now an independent school, Cobham Hall and volunteer workdays, talks, free guided walks and Web:Web: www.kent.gov.uk/explorekent www.kent.gov.uk/explorekent Saturday four times daily return. Bus stops at the park Now an independent school, Cobham Hall and other events throughout the year. entrance. Enquiries to KCC travel service telephone other events throughout the year. Jeskyns Community Woodland (Forestry Commission) entrance. Enquiries to KCC travel service telephone itsits colourful colourful gardens gardens are are open open to to visitors visitors on on Jeskyns Community Woodland (Forestry Commission) 0871 2002233 or telephone Red Route directly Tel: 01474 825118 0871 2002233 or telephone Red Route directly certaincertain days days throughout throughout the the year. year. Tel: 01474 825118 on 01474 353896. E-mail:E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] on 01474 353896. Web: www.forestry.gov.uk/jeskyns By train PleasePlease keep keep to to the the waymarked waymarked trails trails and and keep keep Web: www.forestry.gov.uk/jeskyns By train RegularRegular services services from from London London and and Kent Kent to to Meopham, Meopham, dogsdogs under under control control at at all all times. times. AshenbankAshenbank Wood Wood (Woodland (Woodland Trust) Trust) Tel: 01476 581111 GravesendGravesend and and Higham. Higham. All All stations stations served served by by taxis taxis and and Tel: 01476 581111 Red Route 416/417 buses, which also stop in Cobham. E-mail:E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Red Route 416/417 buses, which also stop in Cobham. Web:Web: www.woodlandtrust.org.uk www.woodlandtrust.org.uk ForFor rail rail enquiries enquiries telephone telephone 0845 0845 7484950. 7484950. By foot Darnley Mausoleum (National (National Trust) Trust) By foot Darnley Mausoleum Shorne Woods Country Park is located on Brewers Road Tel:Tel: 01304 01304 207326 207326 Shorne Woods Country Park is located on Brewers Road Web: www.nationaltrust.org.uk Web: www.nationaltrust.org.uk adjacentadjacent to to the the A2 A2 between between Gravesend Gravesend and and Rochester. Rochester. It It isis a a short short stroll stroll from from Shorne Shorne Village. Village. CobhamCobham Hall Hall Tel: 01474 823371 Produced by the Cobham & Shorne Countryside Partnership Tel: 01474 823371 Produced by the Cobham & Shorne Countryside Partnership Web:Web: www.cobhamhall.com www.cobhamhall.com RanscombeRanscombe Farm Farm Reserve Reserve (Plantlife (Plantlife International) International) Tel:Tel: 01722 01722 342730 342730 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] England Web:Web: www.plantlife.org.uk www.plantlife.org.uk England

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arrangement (tel: 01474 823800). 01474 (tel: arrangement

Shorne Woods Country Park by by Park Country Woods Shorne

Cobham Park Jeskyns Ashenbank Wood at available is parking box Horse

Cobham Hall, a grand Elizabethan mansion, was Opened to the public in 2007, Jeskyns is 360 acres e Woodland Trust owns 29.5ha of Ashenbank route. interesting and varied a

the home of the Earls of Darnley from the 1730s of greenspace that has been specially created by the Wood, the majority of which was bought in up make that cuts short various and

to the 1950s. e Hall is at the heart of Cobham Forestry Commission. 1984. Ashenbank Wood is part ancient woodland points entry several with Woodland, Community Park, originally a medieval deer park and where it was traditionally managed as coppice, Jeskyns and Wood Ashenbank Reserve, Farm

Land that was previously under intensive agriculture redesigned by the renowned landscape designer and part wood pasture where historically the Ranscombe Park, Cobham in takes Trail Darnley

has been converted to a mixture of traditional Humphry Repton in the early 19th century. wood was grazed by livestock. ere are many the Park, Country the From 10km. approximately

habitats. Over time the key historic landscape examples of veteran trees and pollards to see as of distance a over A2, the of side other the on

features of North Kent will reappear.

well as relics from Ashenbank’s social history - countryside undulating gently the with Park

a Bronze Age Barrow and structures from the Country Woods Shorne links that equestrians

Second World War when the F accommodated and cyclists pedestrians, for route circular a is is

personnel from the Gravesend Air eld in the area. this of highlights the see to way excellent

wood. Interpretation panels are placed along an is Trail Darnley the route, en see will you

two waymarked routes, which are passable with that land the of much and Hall Cobham owned sensible footwear. previously who Darnley, of Earls the er a Named

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planted orchards and grazed meadows. meadows. grazed and orchards planted

lled with bluebells in the springtime; and newly newly and springtime; the in bluebells with lled

wetland, you will nd ponds and lakes rich with with rich lakes and ponds nd will you wetland, along the horizon; acres of coppice woodland, woodland, coppice of acres horizon; the along

o er. With 288 acres of woodland, heathland and and heathland woodland, of acres 288 With er. o

grassland with towering veteran trees sca ered ered sca trees veteran towering with grassland areas on site. on areas

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within the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Outstanding of Area Downs Kent the within

hidden in the woods. woods. the in hidden

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in North Kent. With most of the countryside countryside the of most With Kent. North in

Cobham family, are are family, Cobham gardens, rolling parkland, and scenic woodland. fully accessible a and toilets information, useful of full centre visitor

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e medieval remains of Randall Manor, the the Manor, Randall of remains medieval e park is the famous Darnley Mausoleum, an grass paths across area. the explore to planning when yourself base

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in 1786. been created Park Country Woods Shorne for pedestrians, & Cobham Explore wheelchair users, buggy pushers, cyclists and horse riders. Ranscombe Farm How to get there Extensive circular trails take in all of the most Ranscombe Farm is a botanical gem, described by Explore the interesting features on site. Children will enjoy experts as a ‘very unique place’. It is a square mile the innovative natural play features that have been in total and it has been a favourite haunt of wild Network Rail (CTRL) is designed to stimulate the imagination including a plant enthusiasts for hundreds of years. commi ed to a policy of sustainability fun tree house. Managed by the charity Plantlife International in development and is proud to be sponsoring e Darnley Trail Lea et. e green space A range of newly partnership with the tenant farmer, Ranscombe is surrounding the railway is o en referred to as a Darnley created habitats now a country park. It combines a place for quiet green corridor because it is an area for wildlife including four walks in a ractive countryside with a fascinating to either live in or pass through. e design and Gravesend / M25 new ponds ora on the slopes of the North Downs. operation of High Speed 1 includes features Trail provide the that protect natural resources and conserve and ere is a ve-year plan to restore coppicing, an opportunity enhance biodiversity along the route. e Park now has several owners. e largest ancient Kentish trade, to the woodland and to for wildlife to area open to the public, Cobham Wood, belongs improve conditions for wildlife. ese woodlands ourish. By car to the National Trust. e wood, a Site of are best in spring with early-purple orchids and Signposted o the A2 between Gravesend and Rochester Special Scienti c Interest, is open all year but bluebells. Useful Information at the Cobham/Shorne junction )DA12 3HX). the Darnley Mausoleum is open only on By bus e excellent work begun by local volunteers in Shorne Woods Country Park (Kent County Council) certain days. Red Route 416/417 service between Meopham, Sole 2005 will be continued. Plantlife is organising Tel: 01474 823800 E-mail: [email protected] Street, Higham and Gravesend runs Monday to volunteer workdays, talks, free guided walks and Now an independent school, Cobham Hall and Web: www.kent.gov.uk/explorekent Saturday four times daily return. Bus stops at the park other events throughout the year. entrance. Enquiries to KCC travel service telephone its colourful gardens are open to visitors on Jeskyns Community Woodland (Forestry Commission) 0871 2002233 or telephone Red Route directly certain days throughout the year. Tel: 01474 825118 E-mail: [email protected] on 01474 353896. Please keep to the waymarked trails and keep Web: www.forestry.gov.uk/jeskyns By train Regular services from London and Kent to Meopham, dogs under control at all times. Ashenbank Wood (Woodland Trust) Tel: 01476 581111 Gravesend and Higham. All stations served by taxis and E-mail: [email protected] Red Route 416/417 buses, which also stop in Cobham. Web: www.woodlandtrust.org.uk For rail enquiries telephone 0845 7484950. Darnley Mausoleum (National Trust) By foot Tel: 01304 207326 Shorne Woods Country Park is located on Brewers Road Web: www.nationaltrust.org.uk adjacent to the A2 between Gravesend and Rochester. It is a short stroll from Shorne Village. Cobham Hall Tel: 01474 823371 Produced by the Cobham & Shorne Countryside Partnership Web: www.cobhamhall.com Ranscombe Farm Reserve (Plantlife International) Tel: 01722 342730 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.plantlife.org.uk England

Print managed by County Print & Design Cobham Park Ashenbank Wood Cobham Hall, a grand Elizabethan mansion, was e Woodland Trust owns 29.5ha of Ashenbank the home of the Earls of Darnley from the 1730s Wood, the majority of which was bought to the 1950s. e Hall is at the heart of Cobham in 1984. Ashenbank Wood is part ancient Park, originally a medieval deer park and woodland where it was traditionally managed redesigned by the renowned landscape designer as coppice, and part wood pasture where Humphry Repton in the early 19th century. historically the wood was grazed by livestock. ere are many examples of veteran trees and pollards to see as well as relics from Ashenbank’s social history - a Bronze Age Barrow and e Park now has several owners. e largest structures from the Second World War when area open to the public, Cobham Wood, belongs the F accommodated personnel from the to the National Trust. e wood, a Site of Gravesend Air eld in the wood. Interpretation Special Scienti c Interest, is open all year but panels are placed along two waymarked routes, the Darnley Mausoleum is open only on which are passable with sensible footwear. certain days. Now an independent school, Cobham Hall and its colourful gardens are open to visitors on certain days throughout the year. Please keep to the waymarked trails and keep dogs under control at all times.

Within the park are picturesque pleasure gardens, rolling parkland, and scenic woodland. Almost hidden in a quiet corner of the park is the famous Darnley Mausoleum, an internationally important building completed in 1786. Extensive circular trails take in all of the most Jeskyns interesting features on site. Children will enjoy Ranscombe Farm the innovative natural play features that have Opened to the public in 2007, Jeskyns is 360 been designed to stimulate the imagination Ranscombe Farm is a botanical gem, described acres of greenspace that has been specially including a fun by experts as a ‘very unique place’. It is a square created by the Forestry Commission. tree house. A mile in total and it has been a favourite haunt of wild plant enthusiasts for hundreds of years. Land that was previously under intensive range of newly agriculture has been converted to a mixture of created habitats Managed by the charity Plantlife International in traditional habitats. Over time the key historic including four partnership with the tenant farmer, Ranscombe is landscape features of North Kent will reappear. new ponds now a country park. It combines a place for quiet provide the walks in a ractive countryside with a fascinating opportunity ora on the slopes of the North Downs. for wildlife to ourish. ere is a ve-year plan to restore coppicing, an ancient Kentish trade, to the woodland and to improve conditions for wildlife. ese woodlands are best in spring with early-purple orchids and bluebells. e excellent work begun by local volunteers in 2005 will be continued. Plantlife is organising volunteer workdays, talks, free guided walks and other events throughout the year.

ere will be traditional orchards of apples, cherries and cobnuts, open parkland, grass and wild ower meadows and native woodlands. Almost seven kilometres of fully accessible hard trails and grass paths across the site have been created for pedestrians, wheelchair users, buggy pushers, cyclists and horse riders. c 14 Option 1: via Cobham Village 21 Follow the path through the woodland, passing 24 Continue on the trail bearing right and following the 13 Turn left onto the public right of way as way FINDING YOUR Continue through the village for approx. 1km and at WAYfi elds on your left, until you rise up the hill to a path waymarkers until you reach the park boundary. Do not marked for about 50 metres and then at the wooden ‘Owletts’ (a National Trust Property) turn right up the junction. (This junction connects the Darnley Trail with leave the park, but turn left just in front of a kissing gate ‘squeeze gap’ fence turn right off the public right of ...around the Darnley Trail public byway entering to the left of the house drive, additional waymarked routes through the country onto a path that weaves through the woodland running way following the woodland track and way marked before the small cottage. You are entering Jeskyns park, for which a separate leafl et is available). At the parallel to the road for a short distance, and eventually direction. Our trail description starts at the main entrance to Shorne Woods Community Woodland. Please note vehicles may be junction, turn right and up hill, and follow this path crosses the main country park entrance drive. Cross d present on this track. through Shorne’s ancient woodland. Look out for the drive carefully and follow the path to the traffi c lights 13 Pass through the horse stile turning right onto a Country Park on Brewers Road and takes you in a clockwise views of the QE2 Bridge through clearings on (Pegasus crossing) and point number 1. surfaced vehicle track and walk on towards point 19. 15 To your left in the distance, you can see the tree your right. At the T-junction (point 19) turn right and cross over direction, so you can start and fi nish wherever you like and you house and the newly created Henhurst Lake with its Option 2: via Ashenbank Woods the railway bridge. At the next T-junction turn left and wooden boardwalk. 22 At the next major path junction turn right, where the 13 a Keeping left (not down tree lined avenue) continue cross over the A2 bridge towards the Inn on the Lake can travel in either direction. There are lots of entrances and route doubles up as the Explorer and Heritage Trails, along the route for approx. 900m, with the post and wire and Shorne Woods Country Park (point 20). 16 At the brow of the hill (locally known as Hollybush and follow this route bearing left along a concrete fence on your right, and hedge and road on your left. some other places to park. Horsebox parking is Corner), look to your left to see two 6m high path that’s a remnant of the old clay sculptures marking the highest point of Jeskyns. workings in the Country Park. Enter a fenced area through a bridle gate and prepare to cross Halfpence Lane into Ashenbank Wood. Darnley Trail available at Shorne Woods Country Park and 17 Near the bottom of the hill, look to b your right to see two mature trees 13 On entering Ashenbank Wood through the North Downs Way at ‘The Inn on the Lake’ for guests. (an Oak and a Sweet Chestnut) wooden horse stile, continue along the trail parallel to framing a view of Ashenbank SHORNE Halfpence Lane with the road on your righthand side. Public Footpath This is a shared user route so please be aware that GRAVESEND Wood in the distance. cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians all use this A Byway L

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the road and enter Brewers Wood, following the wide O Train station C H 21 VISITOR track through the coppice woodland. At the next main H A A2 THONG LANE T N N CENTRE crossroads turn right following the trail that meanders E L BRIDGE 1 BREWERS RD Car park T U 20 through the woods for some distance. Continue N N E L heading downhill through an area rich with wildﬂ owers D R Horsebox parking A A I L in the spring until you eventually reach the Shorne O L BREWERS WOOD R I N 22 Woods Country Park boundary next to Park Pale Road. K 24 Private area T PARK PALE BRIDGE S

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E 13 c H d 3 Following the signs to Cobham Golf Course, take 13 A2 18 the fi rst left road turning that takes you up over the A2 13 b across Park Pale Bridge. JESKYNS 17 COMMUNITY ASHENBANK 4 4 Go under the railway and turn left through the swing C H STROOD a A N M2 gate, following the footpath with the railway on the left, HENHURST WOODLAND WOOD 13 N E L and the golf course over to the right. Continue until you COBHAM PARK T LAKE 16 COBHAM HALL & GROUNDS U N reach the point where the Darnley Trail forks right near N (access public open days only) E L the boundary fence with the open fi elds. R J E S K Y N S R D 15 GOLF COURSE A I L A L 5 Continue keeping the fi elds on your left and L I N 14 K woodland on your right until you reach a narrow OWLETTS E C 5 (National Trust) N grassland area between two fences, cross this, then E T H E S T R E E T P bear right just after the kissing gate keeping the wire F fence immediately on your right. COBHAM L A 6 H

6 Continue up the steep slope for approx. 300m until DARNLEY 12 you reach the top. CHURCH L O D G E L A COBHAM WOOD MAUSOLEUM 13 (National Trust) 8 7 7 At the top of the slope, you will see a ﬁ eld gate and large cattle grid on your right. Continue forward, 11 crossing the track, and entering the more dense 10 9 woodland. SOLE STREET 8 Bear right and follow the undulating and winding trail for the next 800m, keeping the post and wire fence on RANSCOMBE your right at all times. Pass three kissing gates, and look out for the Darnley Mausoleum, visible through the FARM RESERVE trees on your right. Descend a steep slope, partially A228 along some wide steps and take the right hand track at bottom of the steps.

9 Continue, passing a small gate and cattle grid on 18 Continue up the track to enter woodland. To your the right. Carry on for another 650m and pass a small 12 left is Chambers Hill Wood and to your right is Well clearing of beech trees where a public footpath joins At the thatched cottage (South Lodge) turn left into Shaw (both privately owned). 23 At the next path junction there are 2 options: from the left. Keep right next to wire fence, and then on Lodge Lane. Then continue along the length of Lodge past an abandoned quarry to your left. Lane (approx. 700m) until you reach the War Memorial 19 At the top of the track, continue through the Option 1: at the end. bollards to cross over the railway bridge. At the next Turn left and follow the arrows eventually onto a 10 Reaching a kissing gate, do not go through but turn T junction turn left and cross over the A2 motorway wide surfaced track that will lead you up to the visitor left where the trail continues through coppice woodland 13 The trail now divides, and you have a choice of bridge. centre, car park and café at Shorne Woods Country CUXTON for approx. 300m. routes. Option 1 continues straight on via the village 20 Park (horse box parking available). DWA of Cobham, which features a historic church and three Pass the entrance to the ‘Inn on the Lake’ (where ME Y 11 Pass through a bridle gate and horse stile (adjacent pubs (go to 14). Option 2 turns right into a fenced area there is horse box parking for residents) and enter the Option 2: ER to a ﬁ eld gate), bear right along the track, heading through a bridle gate. Take the trail past the attractive woods via a metal kissing gate. You are now in Shorne Turn right and follow the arrows to continue the IV R toward the collection of buildings. grazed parkland around Cobham Hall (go to 13a). Woods Country Park. Darnley Trail (go to 24).

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