Walk around the front of the pub, join the public bridle path and you have arrived in the picturesque Mereworth Woods, a large area of woodland and scrub just between Maidstone and West Malling. The woods are quite large and you could easily spend hours there.

During the Second World War the area was one of many in the South East taken over by the British Army for training purposes and as you walk around the woods you can sometimes see tank traps and other concrete structures.

Today Mereworth Woods are a wildlife haven as well as being a wonderful place for a gentle ramble.