Jeskyns

#1931 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Park, Relax in park, Nature and wildlife

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Jeskyns is a park near Cobham, in Kent, England. A former farm, it was reopened as a large open-space recreational area in 2007, with areas being developed as new wildlife habitats. ()

Created: 2006Elevation: 259 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°23'50"N, 0°23'23"E

Location

Henhurst RoadCobham DA12 3AN EnglandUnited Kingdom

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+44 1474 825118

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Jeskyns – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: New Tavern Fort, Gravesend Town Hall, Milton Chantry, Shorne Wood Country Park.

3.3 miN
Georgian architecture, Forts and castles
New Tavern Fort, Gravesend
84 min walk • New Tavern Fort is an historic artillery fort in Gravesend, Kent. Dating mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries, it is an unusually well-preserved example of an 18th-century fortification and remained in use for defensive purposes until the Second World War.
3.3 miN
City hall
Gravesend Town Hall, Gravesend
84 min walk • Gravesend Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Gravesend, Kent, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Gravesend Municipal Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
3.3 miN
Museum
Milton Chantry, Gravesend
84 min walk • Milton Chantry is a former chantry chapel in Gravesend, Kent England. It houses the Chantry Heritage Centre, displaying a range of exhibits relating to Gravesend, Northfleet, and the nearby villages.
1.2 miNE
Park
Shorne Wood Country Park
31 min walk • Shorne Wood Country Park is located between Strood and Gravesend, in the English county of Kent. It was once part of a large estate and then later passed to the county council to be used as a country park.
2.5 miE
Forest
Great Crabbles Wood, Strood
65 min walk • Great Crabbles Wood is a 33-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Rochester in Kent. Most of the wood is mixed coppice, with sweet chestnut dominant and oak standards.
3.4 miN
Piers and boardwalks
Royal Terrace Pier, Gravesend
86 min walk • Royal Terrace Pier is owned and managed by the Port of London Authority and is located adjacent to their headquarters at London River House in Gravesend.
1.1 miE
Forest
Shorne and Ashenbank Woods, Kent Downs
29 min walk • Shorne and Ashenbank Woods is a 197.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Rochester and Gravesend in Kent. Part of it is Shorne Wood Country Park.
2.2 miE
Forest
Cobham Woods, Strood
57 min walk • Cobham Woods is a 242.7 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Rochester in Kent. It is in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and part of it is managed by the National Trust.
~1640 ftS
Museum, History museum
Owletts
8 min walk • Owletts is a country house 0.8 miles to the northwest of the village of Cobham in Kent, England. It is a Grade II* listed building owned by the National Trust.
3.5 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Saxon Shore Way, Gravesend
89 min walk • The Saxon Shore Way is a long-distance footpath in England. It starts at Gravesend, Kent, and traces the coast of South-East England as it was in Roman times as far as Hastings, East Sussex, 163 miles in total.
2.9 miSW
Windmill
Killick's Mill, Meopham
74 min walk • Killick's Mill is a Grade II* listed Smock mill in Meopham, Kent, England that was built in 1801 and which has been restored.