XX 38 Take Paddlesworth Road a mile W of ,, Snodding to find the chapel on the roadside by the farm (ME6 5DR). Return back down the lane 500m and enter the field on the R, before the woods, to find the lake 200m beyond. 1 min, 51.3331, 0.4170 178 12 Coldrum Long Barrow This 3,000-year-old burial chamber is Kent’s most intact megalithic long barrow. Visit at sunrise on 1st May to see the Hartley Morris Men ‘singing up the sun’. Park at Coldrum Long Barrow Parking (off ,, Pinesfield Lane, Trottiscliffe, ME19 5EL), and follow the signs. 3 mins, 51.3215, 0.3727 86 13 St Bartholomew’s Church Tiny Norman church, exposed on a knoll next to 15th-century farm buildings, surrounded by hop fields. Goodnestone Court, Goodnestone, ME13 ,, 9BZ, a mile NE from the M2 J7. Or a pleasant 2-mile walk through fields and surburbs, from Faversham station via Whitstable Road. 2 mins, 51.3165, 0.9322 8zt
14 The Street, Whitstable Walk ½ mile out to sea on this long, low-tide shingle strip. Be wary of incoming tides, which can cut you off if you linger too long. Looking out to sea from the Hotel ,, Continental on Beach Walk (CT5 2BP), turn R and walk 70m along the seafront at low tide. 10 mins, 51.3669, 1.0350 wk
wildlife wonders 15 Fossil-hunt at Warden Cliffs Bring your wellies and prepare to get muddy as you search for fossils in these ‘London Clay’ cliffs. Kent lay beneath a shallow, warm sea around 52 million years ago, so you may even find ancient sharks’ teeth here. Best at low tide. North coast, Isle of Sheppey. Car park at ,, the end of Imperial Drive in Warden (ME12 4SD). Facing the sea, turn L and walk along the sea shore for 500m. 5 mins, 51.4163, 0.9015 qk 16 Foulness Island birdlife Notoriously difficult to get to, but internationally famous for wildlife, England’s fourth-largest island has a population of just 200 people and is flat and lonely. Its name
derives from the Old English ‘fulga-naess’, meaning ‘wild bird’s nest’. Owned by the MOD, public access only ,, possible when the Heritage Centre is open (12-4pm, first Sunday of the month April– October). From Great Wakering, drive to the end of New Road to the roundabout behind large ‘QinetiQ’ gates (SS3 0DH). Explain you are visiting the Heritage Centre. 5 mins, 51.5530, 0.8240 Uh4 17 Capel Fleet Raptor Viewpoint Bird of prey viewpoint on elevated ground. Experience marsh harriers gathering at dusk for communal roosting. Two miles down the Harty Ferry Road ,, from the B2231, towards the Ferry House Inn (ME12 4BQ, 01795 510214). Well signposted. 1 min, 51.3765, 0.9048 4 18 Oare Marshes Marshland and mudflats of international importance for migratory birds. Windswept, and riddled with dykes and saltmarsh. Park near the sea wall at the end of the ,, Church Road, Oare, ME13 0QD. You are in the middle of the marshes. 1 min, 51.3459, 0.8893 hz
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