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Photo of Wye Crown, a hill figure in Kent, south east England.

Wye Crown© Tim Sheerman-Chase / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Places to explore near Ashford International StationAshford

29 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Kent Downs, a National Landscape in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Kent Downs

National Landscape near Charing

Chalk hills, ancient woods and orchards, ending in the white cliffs above the Channel

3.6 km NW

Photo along the North Downs Way, a 153-mile National Trail running from Farnham to Dover, south east England.Highlight

North Downs Way

National Trail

Pilgrim country: orchards, vineyards and chalk downs between Farnham and the white cliffs of Dover.

4.9 km N · Kent & Surrey

Photo of Wye Crown, a hill figure in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Wye Crown

Hill figure near Wye

A crown cut into the down by agricultural students in 1902 for Edward VII's coronation, and still lit for royal occasions.

7.4 km NE

Photo of Westwell Wines, a vineyard near Charing, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Westwell Wines

Vineyard near Charing

Family North Downs vineyard above Charing, named Best Small Cellar Door at the first WineGB Cellar Door Awards in 2025.

7.8 km NW

Photo of Woodchurch Windmill, a windmill in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Woodchurch Windmill

Windmill near Woodchurch

White smock mill on the green at Woodchurch, rebuilt to turn again above the Weald.

9.9 km SW

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Willesborough Windmill

Windmill near Ashford

White smock mill of 1869 beside the motorway at Ashford, restored and open with a small tearoom.

1.8 km E

Photo along the Greensand Way, a 108-mile long-distance path running from Haslemere to Hamstreet, south east England.

Greensand Way

Long-distance path

Along the sandy ridge below the chalk from Haslemere to Hamstreet, through the wooded hills of two protected landscapes to the edge of Romney Marsh.

2.8 km NW · Surrey & Kent

Photo of Godinton House and Gardens, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Pluckley, Kent, south east England.

Godinton House and Gardens

House & garden near Pluckley

A Jacobean house with formal topiary and a walled kitchen garden on the edge of Ashford.

3.3 km NW

Photo of the River Beult, a 25-mile river running from near Ashford to River Medway at Yalding, south east England.

River Beult

River

A slow clay river of the Kentish Weald, reckoned among the best lowland clay rivers left in England.

5.3 km W · Kent

Photo of St Mary the Virgin, Brook, a church in Kent, south east England.

St Mary the Virgin, Brook

Church near Brook

Downland church below the Wye scarp keeping a rare cycle of early-13th-century wall paintings around its chancel.

5.7 km E

Wye

Village

Village below the North Downs with a medieval college of 1447, a chalk crown cut in 1902 and the Devil's Kneading Trough

6.1 km NE · Kent

Photo along the Saxon Shore Way, a 160-mile long-distance path running from Gravesend to Hastings, south east England.

Saxon Shore Way

Long-distance path

Around Kent's Roman-era coastline from Gravesend to Hastings — a shore the sea has since abandoned for miles at a stretch.

6.7 km S · Kent & East Sussex

Photo of Sts Cosmas and Damian, Challock, a church in Kent, south east England.

Sts Cosmas and Damian, Challock

Church near Challock

Church set apart from its village in King's Wood, its interior painted with mid-20th-century murals.

7 km N

Photo of the Royal Military Canal, a 28-mile canal running from Hythe to near Hastings, south east England.

Royal Military Canal

Canal

A defence line dug against Napoleon along the landward edge of Romney Marsh, from Seabrook to Cliff End.

8.8 km S · Kent & East Sussex

Everything else within 10 km (15) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.