シャドックスハースト周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ20

Open during the day.

Rich in flora and fauna, this important reserve contains Kent's last four valley bogs and one of its few remaining fragments of open heath.

Lovely views over Eastwell Lake from the Eastwell Lake water crossing.

Cycling Route 18 passes through Victoria Park and the Watercress Fields on its way out to rural Kent. A flat and well surfaced path, it is ideal for families or as the start of a longer route from Ashford. There is often a coffee van near the fountain.

Part of Ashford's Green Corridor which stretches along the Great Stour river. Victoria Park and the adjacent Watercress Fields make great running venues close to the town. There are flat grassy areas and woodland paths.

This church sits on a site that has seen much in its time. A Saxon fort was once built here but Danish invaders sacked it and a church of this dedication was noted in the Domesday Book. Part of the tower dates back to the 12th century and it was struck by lightening in the 16th. The resulting fire destroyed much of the church, and it was rebuilt into the one you see today.

Hothfield Common is one of the last remaining heathlands in Kent. Rich in flora and fauna, the nature reserve is a great place for wildlife enthusiasts. You can observe birds including yellowhammers, whitethroat, willow warblers, snipe and linnet, as well as grass snakes, harvest mouse, green tiger beetle, lizards, butterflies, plus lots more. Yellow gorse bushes and purple heather blossoms also make the reserve a very beautiful place to explore.

In the Guinness Book of Records (1989), Pluckley earned the record for ‘Most Haunted Village in England’ as it reportedly had 12 ghosts. While the record category is no longer used by Guinness, the village remains a hotspot — or coldspot, rather — for fans of everything paranormal. Ghosts aside, the village has a pub that serves food, a shop, accommodation, and a pretty Grade I-listed church. Some of the ghosts said to haunt the village include: a phantom coach and horses (spotted in several locations); the ghost of a Gypsy woman who drowned in a stream at the Pinnock; the hanging body of a schoolmaster in Dicky Buss’s Lane; the Lady of Rose Court, who poisoned herself in despair over a love triangle; and the Red Lady, who haunts the churchyard.