Parsonage Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Name: Parsonage Wood
Address: High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, United Kingdom

#19 among attractions in High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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Parsonage Wood is a 9.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Cranbrook in Kent. It is owned and managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. ()

Coordinates: 51°3'58"N, 0°33'47"E

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High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty United Kingdom

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Day trips

Parsonage Wood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bodiam Castle, Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Great Dixter, Bedgebury National Pinetum.

4.5 miS
Forts and castles, Historical place
Bodiam Castle, Robertsbridge
115 min walk • Bodiam Castle stands as an archetypal medieval fortress surrounded by a broad, serene moat in the heart of East Sussex, near the village of Robertsbridge, United Kingdom. This 14th-century castle, built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III...
3.5 miN
Park, Garden, Historical place
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Cranbrook
90 min walk • Nestled in the quaint town of Cranbrook in the United Kingdom, Sissinghurst Castle Garden is a horticultural masterpiece that beckons garden enthusiasts and tourists alike. This renowned garden in England is celebrated for its romantic design, vibrant floral displays...
5 miS
Museum, History museum, Garden
Great Dixter, Rye
127 min walk • Great Dixter is a house in Northiam, East Sussex, England. It was built in 1910–12 by architect Edwin Lutyens, who combined an existing mid-15th century house on the site with a similar structure brought from Benenden, Kent, together with his own additions.
4.9 miW
Park
Bedgebury National Pinetum
125 min walk • Bedgebury National Pinetum at Bedgebury, Kent, in the United Kingdom, is a recreational and conservational arboretum managed by Forestry England that was established as the National Conifer Collection in 1925 and is now recognised as the most complete collection of conifers on one site anywhere in the world.
2.7 miS
Memorial
Sandhurst War Memorial, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
69 min walk • Sandhurst War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Sandhurst in Kent, south-eastern England, close to the border with East Sussex.
2.3 miNW
Historical place, Windmill
Union Mill, Cranbrook
58 min walk • Union Mill is a Grade I listed smock mill in Cranbrook, Kent, England, which has been restored to working order. It is the tallest smock mill in the United Kingdom.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Bedgebury Forest
106 min walk • Bedgebury Forest is a 10.5 square kilometres forest surrounding Bedgebury National Pinetum, near Flimwell in Kent. In contrast to the National Pinetum, which contains exclusively coniferous trees, the forest contains both deciduous and coniferous species.
5.6 miNW
Park
The Gill, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
142 min walk • The Gill is a 12-hectare nature reserve north of Goudhurst in Kent, England. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. This site has been planted with sweet chestnut, which dominates most of it. Flora includes bluebells, early purple orchids and marsh-marigold. Public access is via prior arrangement.
5.3 miE
Memorial
Cavell Van, Tenterden
136 min walk • The Cavell Van is the prototype Parcels and Miscellaneous Van built by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1919. It is so named because it was the van which carried the body of Edith Cavell when it was repatriated to the United Kingdom following the end of the First World War.
3.2 miE
Memorial
Rolvenden War Memorial
81 min walk • Rolvenden War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Rolvenden, Kent, in south-eastern England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was unveiled in 1922 and is today a grade II listed building.
1.9 miW
Forest
Robins Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
49 min walk • Robins Wood is a 47.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Tunbridge Wells and Ashford in Kent. This is a deep valley along a stream in the Weald, and has the humid conditions typical of such areas.