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Darenth Wood

Open accessin a country park open to the public

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Darenth Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kent, covering 1.2 km². The county has 85 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. Darenth Country Park and Beacon Wood Country Park are among the nature reserves within 1 km. For arrivals by rail, Greenhithe for Bluewater Station is about 1.8 km to the north.

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Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

2.9 km N · spans 24 counties

Photo of the Kent Downs, a National Landscape in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Kent Downs

National Landscape near Charing

Chalk hills, ancient woods and orchards, ending in the white cliffs above the Channel

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Photo of Eynsford, a village in Kent, south east England.Highlight

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Village

Darent village with a ford and hump-backed bridge below the ruins of a Norman castle.

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Photo of Tilbury Fort, an artillery fort near Rochester, Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Tilbury Fort

Artillery fort near Rochester

Star-shaped 17th-century artillery fort on the Thames, England's best-preserved of its kind.

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Photo of Milton Chantry, a ruined chapel near Rochester, Kent, south east England.

Milton Chantry

Chapel near Rochester

Chantry chapel of 1322 in Gravesend's Fort Gardens, the oldest building in the borough, later turned into an inn and then army barracks.

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Photo of St Botolph's, Lullingstone, a church near Eynsford, Kent, south east England.Highlight

St Botolph's, Lullingstone

Church near Eynsford

Tiny estate church beside Lullingstone Castle, rich with family monuments and a rare painted rood screen.

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