National Trust - Cobham Wood and Mausoleum — Attraction in Gravesham

Great place to come for walks, cycling, picnics or just relaxation. Plenty of benches to sit and enjoy the nature, listen to singing birds or woodpecker, see the mausoleum or grazing cows freely moving about. Kids and dogs will love love it! The area of Cobham Wood is National Trust property, and is well kept. There are many paths you can choose from, including walks through the fields. There are no toilet facilities. The nearest parking will be Shorne Wood Country park, sadly not free of charge. Free of charge will be to park your car near Bligh Way Park and just walk from there or at Cobham...

Because it's only open a couple of times a month, it took a while to finally be allowed to visit. The only problem is parking, wherever you park it's a trek to the Mausoleum (especially if you have young kids that won't walk very far) In 1767, the 3rd Lord of Darnley left clear instructions in his will that a chapel or mausoleum to be built as a family burying place on top of a hill at Cobham called William Hill (it was part of Cobham Hall) After his death, his widow asked James Wyatt, one of Britain's great architects to design the meusoleum. The meusoleum was never consecrated so it...

Lovely self guided circular walk of 1.5km (around 3km if you park at the entrance lodge). Pick up a leaflet at the entrance gate and follow the 9 marked stations to learn about ancient trees of the woods. It is remarkable how lovely this walk is after the wood management and the effort to look after the mausoleum. It would be even better if there is a clearer mark pointing to station 6 (after stopping at mausoleum). Also, if the trees specific name would be written in lower case (e.g. Quercus robur, not Quercus Robur). Highly recommended if you are in...