The Hadlow Estate

The ancient practice of coppicing is regularly carried out in woodland on the Estate, providing a sustainable timber source as well as creating a diverse range of habitats. It’s also now helping children at a local special school, which was in need of a little help with its new sensory garden project.

We recently welcomed reporter Jo Burn from BBC Radio Kent, who joined us for what is always an exciting day on the Estate. As part of our ongoing barn owl box project, Mark Pritchard from the Medway Valley Countryside Partnership visited us to check on our boxes.

As part of a long standing relationship with the Medway Valley Countryside Partnership, new barn owl boxes have been put up in carefully selected locations around the Estate. It’s hoped the birds will use them to lay eggs and raise their young.

In Five Oak Green, the Memorial Cottages built after the Great War of 1914-18 once again proudly display wreathes of poppies in honour of the men of the parish who died in both world wars.

After a career spanning five decades and mirroring that of his late grandfather, Hadlow Estate Foreman Mick Cheesman is hanging up his tools for the final time.

The Hadlow Estate has pieced together, from a variety of sources, including local historian Robin Hollamby, details of the day a German Messerschmitt was downed on its land near Tudeley and would be interested to hear from anyone who has any further information.

As we mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day today, we remember all those from the Parish and the Estate who played their part in WW2.

More than 680,000 bees are on a unique spring break at the Hadlow Estate in Kent to help it get the very best from its fruit orchards.