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Photo of Folkestone White Horse, a hill figure near Hythe, Kent, south east England.

Folkestone White Horse© Helmut Zozmann / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Westenhanger StationWestenhanger

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

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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

0.7 km SE

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.

2.7 km NE · Kent & Surrey

Photo of Port Lympne Reserve, a visitor attraction near Hythe, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Port Lympne Reserve

Attraction near Hythe

A 600-acre wild animal park on the Downs above the Marsh, with safari trucks among rhinos, giraffes and gorillas.

3.2 km SW

Photo of St Leonard's, Hythe, a church in Kent, south east England.Highlight

St Leonard's, Hythe

Church near Hythe

Hillside church above Hythe whose vaulted ambulatory crypt holds a stacked ossuary of medieval skulls and bones.

4.1 km SE

Photo of Folkestone White Horse, a hill figure near Hythe, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Folkestone White Horse

Hill figure near Hythe

A modern galloping horse cut in 2003 on Cheriton Hill, looking down over the mouth of the Channel Tunnel.

7.1 km E

Photo: The Leas, a viewpoint near Hythe, Kent, south east England.Highlight

The Leas

Viewpoint near Hythe

A grand clifftop promenade above Folkestone, its lawns and bandstand looking out across the Channel.

9.7 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

1.9 km SE · Kent & East Sussex

Photo of Brockhill Country Park, a country park near Hythe, Kent, south east England.

Brockhill Country Park

Country park near Hythe

A country park in Kent.

2.2 km SE

Photo of the Royal Military Canal, a 28-mile canal running from Hythe to near Hastings, south east England.

Royal Military Canal

Canal

A defence line dug against Napoleon along the landward edge of Romney Marsh, from Seabrook to Cliff End.

3 km S · Kent & East Sussex

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.

3.4 km S · spans 24 counties

Hythe

Village

Cinque Port town below the Downs, terminus of the miniature Romney railway, with a church crypt of stacked skulls.

4.1 km SE · Kent

Photo of The Tiger Inn (Stowting), a pub in Kent, south east England.

The Tiger Inn (Stowting)

Pub near Stowting

Flint-and-brick free house in a downland hamlet, a favourite of North Downs Way walkers.

4.2 km N

Photo of Peene Quarry Country Park, a country park near Hythe, Kent, south east England.

Peene Quarry Country Park

Country park near Hythe

A country park in Kent.

6.1 km E

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

Elham: Kingpost

House & garden near Elham

A National Trust place in Kent.

8.3 km NE

Elham

Village

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

8.3 km NE · Kent

Everything else within 10 km (26) — 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.