Park Spinney

Wood, Forest in Kent Ashford

England

Park Spinney

The Greensand Way The Greensand Way is a long distance walk of 108 miles (174 km) in Southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural, passing through woods and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent. and links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent.

See <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/countryside_and_coast/walking/greensand_way.aspx" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/countryside_and_coast/walking/greensand_way.aspx">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for more details. See also <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.walkingpages.co.uk/trails_paths/LDP_greensandway.htm" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.walkingpages.co.uk/trails_paths/LDP_greensandway.htm">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for more mapping details. — The Greensand Way Credit: N Chadwick

Park Spinney is a picturesque woodland located in Kent, England. Covering an area of approximately 50 acres, it is a popular destination for nature enthusiasts and outdoor lovers. The spinney is nestled within the larger Blean Woods, which is known for its diverse flora and fauna.

This woodland is characterized by its dense canopy of trees, predominantly consisting of oak, beech, and ash. The forest floor is adorned with a carpet of wildflowers, creating a vibrant and colorful atmosphere during the spring and summer months. The area is also home to a variety of wildlife, including deer, rabbits, and a multitude of bird species.

The park offers several walking trails that meander through the woodland, allowing visitors to explore its natural beauty. These trails are well-maintained and suitable for all ages and abilities. There are also designated picnic areas and benches scattered throughout the spinney, providing a perfect spot for a leisurely lunch amidst the tranquil surroundings.

Park Spinney is a haven for nature photography, with its stunning landscapes and abundant wildlife offering endless opportunities for capturing the beauty of the area. It is also a popular spot for birdwatching, as it attracts a wide range of species throughout the year.

Managed by local conservation organizations, Park Spinney is dedicated to preserving and enhancing the natural environment. Regular maintenance and conservation efforts ensure that the woodland remains a thriving ecosystem and a cherished recreational space for visitors to enjoy.

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The Greensand Way The Greensand Way is a long distance walk of 108 miles (174 km) in Southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural, passing through woods and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent. and links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent.

See <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/countryside_and_coast/walking/greensand_way.aspx" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/countryside_and_coast/walking/greensand_way.aspx">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for more details. See also <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.walkingpages.co.uk/trails_paths/LDP_greensandway.htm" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.walkingpages.co.uk/trails_paths/LDP_greensandway.htm">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for more mapping details.

The Greensand Way

The Greensand Way is a long distance walk of 108 miles (174 km) in Southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural, passing through woods and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent. and links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent. See Link

for more details. See also Link

for more mapping details.

Ram Lane

Ram Lane

Ram Lane

Ram Lane

Coldham Wood

Coldham Wood

Footpath

Footpath

Coppicing Coppicing is a management technique of cutting trees and shrubs to ground level allowing vigorous regrowth and a sustainable supply of timber for future generations.
Trees and shrubs that are cut down in this way can produce shoots that grow over 30cm in a week.
The benefits of coppicing are varied, including promoting ground vegetation (by letting light in), raw materials for thatching, fencing, kindling and charcoal making. Also coppiced trees live longer than non coppiced trees. All trees can be coppiced, but hazel, ash, lime and beech are common.

Coppicing

Coppicing is a management technique of cutting trees and shrubs to ground level allowing vigorous regrowth and a sustainable supply of timber for future generations. Trees and shrubs that are cut down in this way can produce shoots that grow over 30cm in a week. The benefits of coppicing are varied, including promoting ground vegetation (by letting light in), raw materials for thatching, fencing, kindling and charcoal making. Also coppiced trees live longer than non coppiced trees. All trees can be coppiced, but hazel, ash, lime and beech are common.

Footbridge over Great Stour The Greensand Way is a long distance walk of 108 miles (174 km) in Southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural, passing through woods and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent. and links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent.

See <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/countryside_and_coast/walking/greensand_way.aspx" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/countryside_and_coast/walking/greensand_way.aspx">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for more details. See also <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.walkingpages.co.uk/trails_paths/LDP_greensandway.htm" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.walkingpages.co.uk/trails_paths/LDP_greensandway.htm">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for more mapping details.

Footbridge over Great Stour

The Greensand Way is a long distance walk of 108 miles (174 km) in Southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural, passing through woods and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent. and links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent. See Link

for more details. See also Link

for more mapping details.

Great Stour The river has four main tributaries, the Great Stour rises in Lenham and East Stour River from Sellindge, meeting at Ashford, when they turn into the Great Stour.

The Great Stour continues through Canterbury to Plucks Gutter where it meets two further tributaries, the River Wantsum and Little Stour to become the River Stour. The river continues across Ash Level through Sandwich and out to Pegwell Bay where it meets the North Sea.

Wikipedia <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Stour,_Kent" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Stour,_Kent">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Great Stour

The river has four main tributaries, the Great Stour rises in Lenham and East Stour River from Sellindge, meeting at Ashford, when they turn into the Great Stour. The Great Stour continues through Canterbury to Plucks Gutter where it meets two further tributaries, the River Wantsum and Little Stour to become the River Stour. The river continues across Ash Level through Sandwich and out to Pegwell Bay where it meets the North Sea. Wikipedia Link

Great Stour The river has four main tributaries, the Great Stour rises in Lenham and East Stour River from Sellindge, meeting at Ashford, when they turn into the Great Stour.

The Great Stour continues through Canterbury to Plucks Gutter where it meets two further tributaries, the River Wantsum and Little Stour to become the River Stour. The river continues across Ash Level through Sandwich and out to Pegwell Bay where it meets the North Sea.

Wikipedia <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Stour,_Kent" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Stour,_Kent">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Great Stour

The river has four main tributaries, the Great Stour rises in Lenham and East Stour River from Sellindge, meeting at Ashford, when they turn into the Great Stour. The Great Stour continues through Canterbury to Plucks Gutter where it meets two further tributaries, the River Wantsum and Little Stour to become the River Stour. The river continues across Ash Level through Sandwich and out to Pegwell Bay where it meets the North Sea. Wikipedia Link

Stour Valley Walk The Stour Valley Walk is a 58 mile (93km) route through the Low Weald and North Downs, giving you access to some the most attractive parts of East Kent. Rolling grassland, woods, marshes, peat bog, orchards and picturesque villages make this a memorable journey which can be completed over a long weekend or in shorter sections. The symbol of the Stour Valley Walk is the heron.
See <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/explore-kent/walking/stour-valley-walk.htm" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/explore-kent/walking/stour-valley-walk.htm">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for more details.

Stour Valley Walk

The Stour Valley Walk is a 58 mile (93km) route through the Low Weald and North Downs, giving you access to some the most attractive parts of East Kent. Rolling grassland, woods, marshes, peat bog, orchards and picturesque villages make this a memorable journey which can be completed over a long weekend or in shorter sections. The symbol of the Stour Valley Walk is the heron. See Link

for more details.

Reservoir embankment

Reservoir embankment

Hedge

Hedge

Ditch by Greensand Way

Ditch by Greensand Way

Waymarker, Greensand Way The Greensand Way is a long distance walk of 108 miles (174 km) in Southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural, passing through woods and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent. and links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent.

See <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/countryside_and_coast/walking/greensand_way.aspx" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/countryside_and_coast/walking/greensand_way.aspx">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for more details. See also <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.walkingpages.co.uk/trails_paths/LDP_greensandway.htm" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.walkingpages.co.uk/trails_paths/LDP_greensandway.htm">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for more mapping details.

Waymarker, Greensand Way

The Greensand Way is a long distance walk of 108 miles (174 km) in Southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural, passing through woods and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent. and links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent. See Link

for more details. See also Link

for more mapping details.

Rough grassland near Hothfield Common

Rough grassland near Hothfield Common

Pond, Hothfield Common 83 hectares of heathland and lowland valley bogs with river side, meadows and secondary woodland.
Jointly owned by Ashford Borough Council and Kent Wildlife Trust, Hothfield Heathlands contains Kent’s last four valley bogs and one of its few remaining fragments of open heath with patches of acid grassland.

Pond, Hothfield Common

83 hectares of heathland and lowland valley bogs with river side, meadows and secondary woodland. Jointly owned by Ashford Borough Council and Kent Wildlife Trust, Hothfield Heathlands contains Kent’s last four valley bogs and one of its few remaining fragments of open heath with patches of acid grassland.

Woodland, Hothfield Common Hothfield is a village just off the A20, west of Ashford. On the edge of the village is Hothfield Heathlands and Hothfield Bogs, a SSSI and nature reserve. The village services include a church, village hall, school and Post Office.

Woodland, Hothfield Common

Hothfield is a village just off the A20, west of Ashford. On the edge of the village is Hothfield Heathlands and Hothfield Bogs, a SSSI and nature reserve. The village services include a church, village hall, school and Post Office.

Greensand Way, Hothfield Common The Greensand Way is a long distance walk of 108 miles (174 km) in Southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural, passing through woods and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent. and links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent.

See <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/countryside_and_coast/walking/greensand_way.aspx" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/countryside_and_coast/walking/greensand_way.aspx">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for more details. See also <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.walkingpages.co.uk/trails_paths/LDP_greensandway.htm" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.walkingpages.co.uk/trails_paths/LDP_greensandway.htm">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for more mapping details.

Greensand Way, Hothfield Common

The Greensand Way is a long distance walk of 108 miles (174 km) in Southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural, passing through woods and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent. and links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent. See Link

for more details. See also Link

for more mapping details.

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Park Spinney is located at Grid Ref: TQ9644 (Lat: 51.162575, Lng: 0.81148469)

Administrative County: Kent

District: Ashford

Police Authority: Kent

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