Cafés
Williams and Thomas Tearoom
Family-run tearoom and shop on Faversham Road, Kennington, with daily cakes, cream teas, toasties and weekly specials, open Thursday to Saturday.
Verified Oct 2026
588 hectare Kent Downs woodland near Challock with walking routes, a sculpture trail, a mountain bike route and pay-by-app parking.
About King’s Wood
A 588 hectare Forestry England woodland in the Kent Downs, with sweet chestnut coppice and beech groves. Walking is on public footpaths, with a mountain bike route and gravel-track horse riding without a permit. Ashford Borough Council also describes a three-mile green route past sculptures from a Stour Valley Arts project. Parking charges with ANPR enforcement apply from 1 October 2026: up to 1 hour is £2.00, up to 2 hours £2.50, up to 4 hours £4.00, up to 12 hours £8.00, payable via RingGo. Forestry England lists no designated accessible parking spaces. Coppicing work takes place near the horse-box parking track on some days.
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Pubs
The Swan and Dog
Shepherd Neame pub in a 16th century building in Great Chart, Ashford, serving food and Kentish ales, with an outdoor area and function bookings.
Verified Oct 2026
PubsRestaurants
The Old Mill
Shepherd Neame pub and restaurant on Mill Lane, Kennington, serving food through the day, with sharing menus, ales and bookable tables.
Verified Oct 2026
Farm Shops & Producers
Westwell Wines
Winery and vineyard near Charing with a Friday to Sunday cellar door, bar and shop, tours and tastings and online shop.
Verified Oct 2026
Guides that mention King’s Wood
GuideFamily Days Out, Parks & Walks
Ashford and Tenterden: heathland, woods, nature reserves and the steam railway
Hothfield Heathlands, Conningbrook Lakes, King's Wood, Wye and Ham Street Woods reserves, plus Tenterden's steam railway, St Mildred's and Kiln Field.
More things to do in Ashford
Parks & Walks
Wye National Nature Reserve
Chalk downland reserve above Wye with orchids, a circular nature trail, wide views over Romney Marsh and the Weald, and two car parks.
Parks & Walks
Hothfield Heathlands
86 hectare heath and bog reserve near Ashford with four waymarked walks, boardwalks and a 500m all-weather trail. No toilets on site.
Dog Friendly
Parks & Walks
Conningbrook Lakes Country Park
34 hectare lakeside country park beside the Julie Rose Stadium in Ashford, with walking paths, wildlife areas, picnic benches and public art.
Dog Friendly