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Coppicing is a management technique of cutting trees and shrubs to ground level allowing vigorous regrowth and a sustainable supply of timber for future generations.
Trees and shrubs that are cut down in this way can produce shoots that grow over 30cm in a week.
The benefits of coppicing are varied, including promoting ground vegetation (by letting light in), raw materials for thatching, fencing, kindling and charcoal making. Also coppiced trees live longer than non coppiced trees. All trees can be coppiced, but hazel, ash, lime and beech are common.

Pembury Walks is the name of an extensive area of Woodland close to the village of Pembury. It is bordered to the south and east by the village of Pembury and Kent College. To the north is Tudeley RSPB Reserve and the west the A21.
The woods are a mixture of deciduous trees, conifers and in places open heathland.