The Larches

Wood, Forest in Kent Ashford

England

The Larches

Footpath along headland strip — Footpath along headland strip Credit: N Chadwick

The Larches in Kent is a beautiful woodland area located in the southeastern part of England. This forest is renowned for its picturesque scenery, dense foliage, and diverse wildlife. The Larches is home to a variety of tree species, including oak, beech, and, of course, larch trees. The forest floor is carpeted with lush greenery and vibrant wildflowers, creating a tranquil and serene atmosphere for visitors to enjoy.

The Larches offers numerous walking and hiking trails for outdoor enthusiasts to explore, ranging from easy strolls to more challenging treks. Nature lovers can observe a wide array of wildlife in their natural habitat, including deer, squirrels, and various bird species.

In addition to its natural beauty, The Larches also boasts a rich history, with evidence of ancient settlements and archaeological sites scattered throughout the forest. Visitors can learn about the area's past through interpretive signs and guided tours.

Overall, The Larches is a must-visit destination for anyone looking to immerse themselves in the beauty of nature and experience the tranquility of a pristine woodland environment.

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The Larches Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 51.167539/0.82346041 or Grid Reference TQ9744. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Footpath along headland strip

Footpath along headland strip

Hedge end

Hedge end

Hedge in field

Hedge in field

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.

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.

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.

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The Larches is located at Grid Ref: TQ9744 (Lat: 51.167539, Lng: 0.82346041)

Administrative County: Kent

District: Ashford

Police Authority: Kent

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Barrier: kissing_gate

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Lat/Long: 51.1651616/0.8190101

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