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Photo of Canterbury Cathedral, a priory in Kent, south east England.

Canterbury CathedralPhoto Tomasz Zielonka / Unsplash

Places to explore near Bekesbourne StationBekesbourne

30 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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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

0.6 km SW

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.

0.6 km SW · Kent & Surrey

Photo of Howletts Wild Animal Park, a visitor attraction near Fordwich, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Howletts Wild Animal Park

Attraction near Fordwich

A wooded animal park near Canterbury known for the largest captive gorilla group in Britain and its breeding herds.

1.1 km NE

Photo of The Bridge Arms, a gastropub in Kent, south east England.Highlight

The Bridge Arms

Gastropub near Bridge

Michelin-starred Kent village pub from the Fordwich Arms team, cited by NatGeo and olive.

1.9 km SW

Photo of The Fordwich Arms, a gastropub in Kent, south east England.Highlight

The Fordwich Arms

Gastropub near Fordwich

Riverside pub in England's smallest town near Canterbury, ambitious modern cooking.

3.9 km N

Photo of Canterbury Cathedral, a priory in Kent, south east England.Iconic

Canterbury Cathedral

Priory near Canterbury

Mother church of English Christianity, soaring Gothic.

4.3 km NW

Photo of The Dog at Wingham, a gastropub near Wingham (near Canterbury), Kent, south east England.Highlight

The Dog at Wingham

Gastropub · With rooms near Wingham (near Canterbury)

Timber-framed East Kent village inn with rooms, on the road between Canterbury and Sandwich.

5.5 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of St Augustine's Conduit House, a landmark near Canterbury, Kent, south east England.

St Augustine's Conduit House

Landmark near Canterbury

Twelfth-century stone collecting house on a Canterbury hillside, where tunnels gathered spring water to be piped down to St Augustine's Abbey.

3.7 km NW

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

Fordwich

Village

Britain's smallest town by charter, a former Canterbury river port on the Stour with a timber town hall.

3.8 km N · Kent

St Augustine's Abbey

Abbey near Canterbury

The first monastery in Anglo-Saxon England, founded by Augustine in AD 598.

3.9 km NW

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

Wingham

Village

Village of a wide tree-lined main street of medieval and Georgian houses on the old road to Sandwich.

5.7 km E · Kent

Photo of Harbledown: Golden Hill, a country estate near Canterbury, Kent, south east England.

Harbledown: Golden Hill

Country estate near Canterbury

A National Trust place in Kent.

6 km W

Simpsons Wine Estate

Vineyard near Barham

Barham estate making still and sparkling wine on the Downs, with a tasting room and tours through the vines.

6.3 km S

Goodnestone Park Gardens

House & garden near Wingham

A walled garden around a Georgian house where Jane Austen once stayed.

6.7 km E

Chillenden Windmill

Windmill near Chillenden

Open-trestle post mill of 1868, one of the last of its kind, standing alone in fields near Sandwich.

8.1 km E

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.

8.4 km NE · Kent & East Sussex

Everything else within 10 km (14) — 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.