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Photo of Leeds Castle, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Maidstone, Kent, south east England.

Leeds CastlePhoto Colin Watts / Unsplash

Places to explore near Maidstone Barracks StationMaidstone

42 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

2.2 km NE

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

Aylesford

Village

Medway village of a medieval ragstone bridge, a working friary and old timbered houses.

3.8 km NW · Kent

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.

4.1 km N · Kent & Surrey

Photo of Leeds Castle, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Maidstone, Kent, south east England.Iconic

Leeds Castle

House & garden near Maidstone

Storybook castle set on its own island lake.

8.6 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the River Medway, a 19-mile river navigation running from Tonbridge to Allington Lock, south east England.

River Medway

River navigation

Kent's river navigation, locking down the wooded Medway valley from Tonbridge to the tidal limit at Allington.

0.2 km E · Kent

Photo of Wool House, Loose, a house & garden in Kent, south east England.

Wool House, Loose

House & garden near Loose

A National Trust place in Kent.

4 km S

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

Loose

Village

Village in a steep wooded valley of old cloth-fulling ponds and a packhorse causeway south of Maidstone.

4 km S · Kent

Photo of Kit's Coty House, a chambered tomb near Aylesford, Kent, south east England.

Kit's Coty House

Chambered tomb near Aylesford

Neolithic burial chamber of three upright sarsens under a huge capstone on the downs above the Medway, with the tumbled Countless Stones nearby.

4.7 km N

Photo of Stoneacre, a house & garden near Maidstone, Kent, south east England.

Stoneacre

House & garden near Maidstone

A National Trust place in Kent.

5.2 km SE

Photo of Teston Bridge Country Park, a country park near West Malling, Kent, south east England.

Teston Bridge Country Park

Country park near West Malling

A country park in Kent.

5.4 km SW

Photo of White Horse Wood Country Park, a country park near Maidstone, Kent, south east England.

White Horse Wood Country Park

Country park near Maidstone

A country park in Kent.

5.4 km NE

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.

5.7 km S · Surrey & Kent

Photo of Leybourne Lakes Country Park, a country park near Aylesford, Kent, south east England.

Leybourne Lakes Country Park

Country park near Aylesford

A country park in Kent.

5.9 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (29) — 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.