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Photo: Ide Hill, a viewpoint near Chiddingstone, Kent, south east England.

Ide Hill© DS Pugh / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Bat & Ball StationBat & Ball

Bat & Ball Station sits inside the Kent Downs National Landscape. 53 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 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.

2.4 km NW · Kent & Surrey

Photo of Knole, a Grade I registered house & garden near Otford, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Knole

House & garden near Otford

Sprawling calendar house in a deer park.

2.9 km S

Photo: One Tree Hill, a viewpoint near Ightham, Kent, south east England.Highlight

One Tree Hill

Viewpoint near Ightham

A steep National Trust hillside east of Sevenoaks with a bench and a broad view south over the Weald.

4.7 km SE

Photo of Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, a Grade II registered house & garden near Ightham, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Riverhill Himalayan Gardens

House & garden near Ightham

A hillside garden of rhododendrons and azaleas around a walled rose garden.

4.9 km S

Photo of Shoreham Cross, a hill figure in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Shoreham Cross

Hill figure near Shoreham

A chalk cross on the Downs above Shoreham, cut in 1920 in memory of the village's First World War dead.

5.4 km N

Photo of Ightham Mote, a house & garden in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Ightham Mote

House & garden near Ightham

Perfectly preserved medieval moated manor.

6.2 km SE

Photo: Ide Hill, a viewpoint near Chiddingstone, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Ide Hill

Viewpoint near Chiddingstone

A hilltop village green with one of the finest views in Kent, looking out over the Weald from the greensand ridge.

6.6 km SW

Photo of St Botolph's, Lullingstone, a church near Eynsford, Kent, south east England.Highlight

St Botolph's, Lullingstone

Church near Eynsford

Tiny estate church beside Lullingstone Castle, rich with family monuments and a rare painted rood screen.

7.6 km N

Photo: Toys Hill, a viewpoint near Chiddingstone, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Toys Hill

Viewpoint near Chiddingstone

A wooded greensand ridge of National Trust paths near Westerham, with views south over the Weald.

8.2 km SW

Photo of Eynsford, a village in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Eynsford

Village

Darent village with a ford and hump-backed bridge below the ruins of a Norman castle.

8.4 km N · Kent

Photo of Chartwell, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Chiddingstone, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Chartwell

House & garden near Chiddingstone

Churchill's home with Weald-facing gardens.

9.1 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Otford, a village in Kent, south east England.

Otford

Village

Darent village around a duck pond that is itself a listed monument, with the ruins of an archbishops' palace.

2.3 km N · Kent

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.

2.5 km S · Surrey & Kent

Photo of Oldbury and Seal Chart, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Ightham, Kent, south east England.

Oldbury and Seal Chart

SSSI near Ightham

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kent.

2.8 km E

Photo of Chevening, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Otford, Kent, south east England.

Chevening

House & garden near Otford

The Foreign Secretary's residence, with formal French gardens, a lake and a maze.

5 km W

Photo of Shoreham, a village in Kent, south east England.

Shoreham

Village

Darent-valley village of Samuel Palmer's 'valley of vision', with a war-memorial cross cut into the hillside.

5 km N · Kent

Photo of Lullingstone & Preston Hill Country Park, a country park near Shoreham, Kent, south east England.

Lullingstone & Preston Hill Country Park

Country park near Shoreham

A country park in Kent.

5.2 km N

Ightham

Village

Greensand village of timbered houses, close to the moated medieval manor of Ightham Mote.

6.5 km E · Kent

Photo of Emmetts Garden, a house & garden near Chiddingstone, Kent, south east England.

Emmetts Garden

House & garden near Chiddingstone

A hilltop Edwardian shrub garden on one of Kent's highest points, famed for bluebells.

6.7 km SW

Castle Farm

Farm & farm shop near Shoreham

Darent Valley lavender farm and shop, judged the country's best small farm shop in 2025.

6.9 km N

Everything else within 10 km (33) — 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.