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

Canterbury CathedralPhoto Tomasz Zielonka / Unsplash

Places to explore near Herne Bay StationHerne Bay

28 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 Reculver Towers and Roman Fort, a ruined monastery near Fordwich, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort

Monastery near Fordwich

Reculver Saxon Shore fort, Anglo-Saxon monastery and associated remains

5.9 km E

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

Whitstable

Village

Working oyster town of weatherboarded fishermen's huts, seafood shacks and a long shingle beach.

6.4 km W · Kent

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.

7.7 km S

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

Sarre Windmill

Windmill near Sarre

Smock mill on the edge of the old Wantsum marshes at Sarre, restored to grind, with a bakery.

9.1 km E

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.

9.5 km S · Kent & Surrey

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

Canterbury Cathedral

Priory near Canterbury

Mother church of English Christianity, soaring Gothic.

9.7 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.8 km N · spans 24 counties

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.

0.8 km N · Kent & East Sussex

Photo of Herne Mill, a windmill in Kent, south east England.

Herne Mill

Windmill near Herne

Smock mill above Herne, among the best preserved in Kent and still able to grind on open days.

1.7 km SE

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.

7.8 km S · Kent

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.

9.1 km S

St Augustine's Abbey

Abbey near Canterbury

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

9.7 km S

Everything else within 10 km (16) — 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.