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Photo of White Cliffs of Dover, a landmark near Deal, Kent, south east England.

White Cliffs of DoverPhoto Vilmantas Bekesius / Unsplash

Places to explore near Shepherds Well StationShepherdswell

38 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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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.

0.4 km E · Kent & Surrey

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

0.9 km W

Photo of Kearsney Abbey Gardens, a Grade II registered house & garden near Elham, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Kearsney Abbey Gardens

House & garden near Elham

A Victorian public park of lakes and lawns in a chalk valley near Dover.

5.2 km SE

Photo of Dover Castle, a ruined castle near Deal, Kent, south east England.Iconic

Dover Castle

Castle near Deal

Vast clifftop fortress guarding England's gateway.

9.3 km SE

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.

9.3 km N

Photo of Samphire Hoe Country Park, a country park near Dover Priory, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Samphire Hoe Country Park

Country park near Dover Priory

A nature park built in the 1990s from chalk dug for the Channel Tunnel.

9.6 km S

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.

9.7 km NW

Photo of White Cliffs of Dover, a landmark near Deal, Kent, south east England.Iconic

White Cliffs of Dover

Landmark near Deal

The clifftop walk from Langdon Cliffs east towards South Foreland, chalk falling to the sea with France on the horizon.

9.8 km SE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of St John's Commandery, Swingfield, a preceptory near Elham, Kent, south east England.

St John's Commandery, Swingfield

Preceptory · Hospitaller near Elham

Knights Hospitaller preceptory near Swingfield on the Kent downs, whose 13th-century flint chapel was later turned into a farmhouse.

4.9 km SW

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.

5.2 km NW

Chillenden Windmill

Windmill near Chillenden

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

6.1 km N

Goodnestone Park Gardens

House & garden near Wingham

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

6.3 km N

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.

9 km SE · 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.

9 km SE · Kent & East Sussex

Photo of Elham: Kingpost, a house & garden in Kent, south east England.

Elham: Kingpost

House & garden near Elham

A National Trust place in Kent.

9.1 km SW

Photo of Western Heights, Dover, an artillery fort near Dover Priory, Kent, south east England.

Western Heights, Dover

Artillery fort near Dover Priory

Huge network of brick-lined ditches and forts cut into the chalk above Dover, dug to stop a French invasion that never came.

9.2 km SE

Elham

Village

Village in the wooded Elham Valley between Canterbury and Folkestone, with a square of old houses and a large church.

9.2 km SW · Kent

Everything else within 10 km (21) — 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.