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Introduction
Hothfield Heathlands offers 200 acres of open heathland and woodland. There are four waymarked trails to explore and a new Triangle Trail which is a 500m all weather accessible trail. Dog friendly but cattle and ponies do graze on the site so please look out for the information boards for further details.
Walk Location
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Cades Road, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HD
Parking Location (what3words)
Walk Details
Parking is available in the free car park off Cades Road where you can also access the accessible Triangle Trail. To access the heathland you will need to cross the road and enter the woodland from the pathway opposite the car park entrance or via the kissing gate at the far end of the car park. There are way marked trails but the heathland isnt huge so we chose to just wander and made our own circular walk.
Our Walk Route
How to use the AllTrails map
Click the walk title in the top right of the above window to open the route on the AllTrails website or the mobile app. You can then create a free account which will then allow you to follow the route as you walk on your mobile. If you would rather not sign up to AllTrails free account and would like to use another mapping app (such as OS Maps, Outdooractive or Komoot etc) on your phone then you can download the GPX file below and import this into your desired app inorder to follow the trail.
Route GPX File Download
OWTD Walk Verdict
Great place if your looking for something a bit different. We really enjoyed our walk here and will return. Just take note of signs and information boards regarding ground nesting birds, horses and cattle that will require dogs to be onlead in certain areas.
Walk Information
- Easy - A fairly easy and flatish walk
- We didn't follow a set route but our circular route was around 3.5km
- Allow around an hour to complete a circular route of the Heathland.
- Unsurfaced and uneven woodland pathways with unsurfaced grassed pathways across the heathland. By nature these pathways can become slipery and muddy during the winter and wet weather.
- New Triangle Trail which is a 500m all weather accessible trail and is adjacent to the car park.
- No Stiles but some kissing gates.
- Dogs allowed off lead in the woodland but should be onlead across the open grassland and scrub so not to disturb nesting birds.
- Dog bins available
- Large free car park with 2m height barrier
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yvonnemears81
24 September 2026 at 19:39What a beautiful place. You start off in dense woods and then it opens up in front of you to heather and ferns. We came across two horses grazing right in front of us which was lovely, they just ignore you and carry on grazing, it felt a little surreal walking past them. Sadly the Highland Cattle have had to be moved so we didn’t see them today. We also did the smaller triangular walk, a nice walk to do too. We had lunch at the Rose and Crown again before we visited Hothfield as it is not far from where we were staying, really dog friendly pub, would definitely recommend going there and the food is really good too. We had another great day out thanks to OWTD.
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yvonnemears81
24 September 2026 at 19:39What a beautiful place. You start off in dense woods and then it opens up in front of you to heather and ferns. We came across two horses grazing right in front of us which was lovely, they just ignore you and carry on grazing, it felt a little surreal walking past them. Sadly the Highland Cattle have had to be moved so we didn’t see them today. We also did the smaller triangular walk, a nice walk to do too. We had lunch at the Rose and Crown again before we visited Hothfield as it is not far from where we were staying, really dog friendly pub, would definitely recommend going there and the food is really good too. We had another great day out thanks to OWTD.