Jeskyns Community Woodland parkrun

The north-west corner of Kent is home to the Gravesham local government district, which has its council based in the town of Gravesend. Interestingly when the district was created in 1974, the name Gravesham was taken from the 1086 Domesday Book, however this is the only recorded historical instance of the name Gravesham. It is believed that the entry in the book was a 'clerical error' which should have simply stated Gravesend. The district itself spreads in an upside-down triangular shape right down to the village of Vigo.In the very centre of the district is the village of Cobham (Kent) which since 1970 has been within a conservation area designed to protect its historic character and appearance. It is linked to the famous writer Charles Dickens who is noted to have spent time walking in the village and who set part of his first novel, The Pickwick Papers, in the village's 17th century pub, The Leather Bottle. The 12th century church, St Mary Magdalene is the final resting place of…