Combwell Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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

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

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Combwell Wood is a 110.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. The wood is part of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is divided into 36 sections owned by different people. ()

Coordinates: 51°4'54"N, 0°26'5"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Scotney Castle, Bedgebury National Pinetum, Union Mill, Bayham Old Abbey.

1.4 miNW
Forts and castles, History museum, Museum
Scotney Castle, Tunbridge Wells
36 min walk • Nestled in the serene countryside of Tunbridge Wells, Scotney Castle presents a picturesque vision of England's storied past. This quintessential castle, surrounded by a moat and set within a beautifully landscaped estate, dates back to the 14th century.
0.8 miSE
Park
Bedgebury National Pinetum
22 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.
4.6 miE
Historical place, Windmill
Union Mill, Cranbrook
119 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.
3.8 miNW
Monastery, Ruins
Bayham Old Abbey
97 min walk • Bayham Old Abbey is an English Heritage property, located near Lamberhurst, Kent, England. Founded c. 1207 through a combination of the failing Premonstratensian monasteries of Otham and Brockley, Bayham functioned as an abbey until its dissolution in the 16th century.
1.5 miN
Museum
Finchcocks
38 min walk • Finchcocks is an early Georgian manor house in Goudhurst, Kent. For 45 years it housed a large, visitor-friendly museum of historical keyboard instruments, displaying a collection of harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos, square pianos, organs and other musical instruments.
1.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Bedgebury Forest
42 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.
4.6 miW
Gothic Revival architecture
Wadhurst Castle, Wadhurst
119 min walk • Wadhurst Castle is a 19th-century castellated mansion just to the west of the town of Wadhurst, East Sussex, England, in an elevated position overlooking the countryside to the south. It is a grade II listed building.
2 miSW
Park
Bewl Water, Tunbridge Wells
52 min walk • Bewl Water is a reservoir in the valley of the River Bewl, straddling the boundary between Kent and East Sussex in England. It is about 2 miles south of Lamberhurst, Kent. The reservoir was part of a project to increase supplies of water in the area. It supplies Southern Water’s customers in the Medway towns, Thanet and Hastings.
3 miNE
Park
The Gill, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
77 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.
5.7 miSW
Park
Wadhurst Park, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
145 min walk • Wadhurst Park is a landed estate located in Wadhurst, East Sussex. It is owned by the Rausing family. The estate is 796 hectares and includes a deer park of 141 hectares.
3.8 miE
Forest
Robins Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
98 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.