🌞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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
5 activities
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Good match
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
✦
Heritage
Good match
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Tree Trail, Cobham Mausoleum & WoodsWalking route1.6 km▾
Cobham Wood is a 77ha wood pasture restoration project, home to ancient & veteran trees which have made the site an important habitat for wood decay insects and bats. Look for the numbered posts to find the next tree along the trail. Potential livestock.
Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Darnley TrailWalking route10 km▾
Named after the Earls of Darnley, who owned Cobham Hall & the land that you will see en route, the trail is an excellent way to see local highlights. Gently undulating countryside via Cobham Park, Ranscombe Farm Reserve, Ashenbank & Jeskyns Community Wood
Named routeLength 10 kmDuration 02:00-02:30Round tripLocal walking route
🐴
Horse riding
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2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ridge Lanebyway open to all traffic · 344 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 344 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Ridge Lanebyway open to all traffic · 200 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 200 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
