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Photo of the Isle of Sheppey, an island in Kent, south east England.

Isle of Sheppey© Marathon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Swale StationSwale

17 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Photo of the Isle of Sheppey, an island in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Isle of Sheppey

Island near Faversham

Thames Estuary island with Minster Abbey, clay cliffs full of fossils, the Elmley marshes' birds and Leysdown's beaches

0.3 km NE

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

8.7 km SW

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 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.

0.1 km NE · Kent & East Sussex

Photo of Elmley, a National Nature Reserve near Faversham, Kent, south east England.

Elmley

National Nature Reserve near Faversham

A National Nature Reserve in Kent.

1.1 km E

Photo of Church Marshes Country Park, a country park near Faversham, Kent, south east England.

Church Marshes Country Park

Country park near Faversham

A country park in Kent.

3.2 km S

Photo of Barton's Point Country Park, a country park near Sheerness-on-Sea, Kent, south east England.

Barton's Point Country Park

Country park near Sheerness-on-Sea

A country park in Kent.

5.6 km NE

Photo of Riverside Country Park, a country park near Rochester, Kent, south east England.

Riverside Country Park

Country park near Rochester

A country park in Kent.

8.9 km W

Everything else within 10 km (9) — 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.