The area around the summit has recently become the White Horse Wood, where over 20,000 trees (oak, ash, silver birch, wild cherry and crab apple) have been planted, and five hectares have been seeded to create an area of open grassland. The trig point has been made the centrepiece of a view-finder; the highest point is a few hundred metres away to the north-west.
Nearby are located the remains of the medievalThurnham Castle, as well as traces of an Iron Age settlement. The name, taken from the village of Detling that sit at the foot of the hill, derives from Old English and means "hill at the settlement of the family of a man called Dyttel".
detling, hill, hill, forming, part, north, downs, kent, north, east, maidstone, situated, kent, downs, area, outstanding, natural, beauty, typical, southern, escarpment, north, downs, found, here, produces, dramatic, views, over, weald, north, downs, passes, a. Detling Hill is a hill forming part of the North Downs in Kent north east of Maidstone and is situated in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty The typical southern escarpment of the North Downs is found here and produces dramatic views over the Low Weald The North Downs Way passes along the hill just south of the summit Detling HillThe view south from Detling HillHighest pointElevation200 m 660 ft Prominencec 163 mParent peakLeith HillListingMarilynGeographyLocationNorth Downs EnglandOS gridTQ804586Topo mapOS Landrangers 178 188The area around the summit has recently become the White Horse Wood where over 20 000 trees oak ash silver birch wild cherry and crab apple have been planted and five hectares have been seeded to create an area of open grassland The trig point has been made the centrepiece of a view finder the highest point is a few hundred metres away to the north west Nearby are located the remains of the medieval Thurnham Castle as well as traces of an Iron Age settlement The name taken from the village of Detling that sit at the foot of the hill derives from Old English and means hill at the settlement of the family of a man called Dyttel External links editWhite Horse Wood Country Park KCC White Horse Wood page51 17 53 N 0 35 11 E 51 29794 N 0 58625 E 51 29794 0 58625 nbsp This Kent location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Detling Hill amp oldid 1082181947, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
