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Currant Wood - Broadleaved woodland

1 ha

📷 Chris Whippet · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.30033, 0.93474

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 🅿️Boughton Weighbridge 153m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking

Best for

5 activities

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Two Creeks Circular WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

45 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route57 m
Named routeRef 1Length 57 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km
Named routeRef 1Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route961 m
Named routeRef 1Length 961 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route133 m
Named routeRef 1Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Canterbury Road, near Boughton-under-Blean

📷 Chris Whippet · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Canterbury Road, near Boughton-under-Blean

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦The site of St Saviour's Abbey, including the remains of an Iron Age farmstead and Faversham Roman villaHistoric site3.3 km→✦LEES COURTHistoric site4.5 km→🌱Faversham and Mid Kent Memorial Park and CrematoriumUrban park700 m→🌱Mount Ephraim GardensUrban park1.8 km→✦MOUNT EPHRAIMHistoric site1.9 km→✦A World War II Chain Home Radar station at Dunkirk, 200m north east of Christ ChurchHistoric site3.1 km→

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