insideKENT Magazine Issue 30 - September 2014 | Page 93

Location: Pepenbury

Set in 100 acres of unspoiled countryside in the
High Weald, Pepenbury provides care and training
for adults with learning disabilities, while
welcoming visitors to the beautiful site.

Distance: 1 miles(1.6 km)
Time: Allow 30 minutes
OS Explorer Map: 136
Terrain: Hard, compact surface.
Some grassy areas, which may
become muddy
Parking: Visitor car parking on site
Refreshments & facilities:
Coffee shop on site
Public Transport: For local bus and
train services in Kent, contact Traveline
on 0870 6082608 or visit
www.traveline.org.uk

Start your stroll from the coffee shop, a training
venue for adults with learning disabilities. Past
the café, head down the concrete steps towards
the chicken pens. Pepenbury boasts a small
farm, home to guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens,
donkeys, pigs and goats.
Follow the signposts to the woodland walk and
turn right across the field to enter the shady
woodland.
Along the way you’ll spot plenty of wildlife,
including deer, badgers, stoats and dormice.
High in the trees, the Greater Spotted
woodpeckers have made their home here. While
the green woodpecker’s vibrant feathers might
just catch your eye, you’ll need to open your
ears to hear the drumming sound this bird makes
against the trees, letting others know their
whereabouts.

Twayblade orchid. Come back in the spring and
the woods become a fantastic bluebell walk.
This area of High Weald woodland has been
here fo ȁ