Restaurants
Cadiz Tapas Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Spanish tapas restaurant and cocktail bar on Spital Street, Dartford, serving tapas and paella made with Spanish and Kent ingredients.
Verified Oct 2026
Woodland Trust wood of 333 acres on the Dartford and Bexley border, with two waymarked circular walks including the Faesten Dic Trail.
About Joyden’s Wood
Joyden’s Wood is a 135-hectare (333-acre) Woodland Trust wood on the edge of Dartford and Bexley, made up of Joyden’s Wood itself, Gattons Plantation and Sands Spinney. It has a good network of paths and two waymarked circular routes: the Faesten Dic Trail (3.3km) and the Woodland Walk (2.7km).
There is no car park; limited street parking is available on Summerhouse Drive by the main entrance, next to the Squires Way bus stop. Buses run from Swanley, Dartford and Bexley.
Accessibility
Only the Summerhouse Drive entrance is accessible to wheelchairs and pushchairs, with a wide kissing gate onto a surfaced stone track.
Where it is
What's on here
Eat and drink in Dartford
Cafés
Duet Coffee
Independent coffee shop in the Orchards Shopping Centre, Dartford, serving Lavazza coffee, sandwiches and pastries baked in store daily.
Verified Oct 2026
Pubs
The Horse & Groom
Dog-friendly Shepherd Neame pub in Wilmington serving breakfast to dinner, Sunday roasts, live music, a monthly quiz and function hire.
Verified Oct 2026
Restaurants
Unico’s Mediterranean Restaurant
Independent Mediterranean restaurant on Dartford High Street: steaks, seafood, pasta, cocktails and a Sunday roast.
Verified Oct 2026
Guides that mention Joyden’s Wood
GuideFamily Days Out, Parks & Walks
Parks, woods and walks around Dartford
Dartford's parks and walks by what you want to do: Central Park, the Darent Valley Path, Darenth, the Heath and Joyden's Wood, plus the museum for rain.
More things to do in Dartford
Family Days Out, Parks & Walks
Central Park, Dartford
Dartford's town-centre park on the River Darent, with the Buccaneer Bay play park, summer water play, gardens, a cafe and visitor centre.
Family Friendly
Free
Castles & History, Museums & Galleries
Dartford Borough Museum
Free council museum in the Carnegie library building by Central Park, telling Dartford's story from the Stone Age to Kerr's draper's shop.
Family Friendly
Free
Family Days Out, Parks & Walks
Darenth Country Park
Millennium country park above the Darent Valley with chalk grassland, an orchard of 150 fruit varieties, a Saxon burial site and a play area.
Dog Friendly
Family Friendly
Free