Ash
Ash is the solid remnants of fires.
Ash is the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ash refers to all non-aqueous, non-gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash is the non-gaseous, non-liquid residue after complete combustion.
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Worth seeing in and around Ash
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Wingham Wildlife Park
Wingham Wildlife Park is a medium-sized wildlife park situated near Wingham, Kent, United Kingdom where it covers an area of 26 acres. In 2011, the species count at the park reached 180 species, growing to over 200 in 2013 covering fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates and birds.
3.6 km · zoo in Kent, England · Wikipedia - 02White Mill
White Mill is a smock mill west of Sandwich, Kent, England that was built in 1760. The mill has been restored and is open to the public as part of the White Mill Rural Heritage Centre.
3.4 km · windmill, now heritage centre, in Sandwich, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Elmstone Church
Elmstone Church is an Anglican church in the village of Elmstone in Kent, England. The church dates back to the 13th century, and was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1963.
3.3 km · church building in Elmstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ash
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 99 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 103 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 111 km
- Stations
- Eastry railway station, 3.6 km · Poison Cross railway station, 3.4 km · Wingham Colliery railway station, 4 km · Woodnesborough railway station, 2.3 km · Sandwich Road railway station, 2.9 km
- London → Ash101 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £11–14
- London, Essex → Ash101 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £11–14
- Luton, Luton → Ash135 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £16–21
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ash
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ash. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAirport Connections () offers luxury car and minibus connections to Kent International Airport.
- Go nextDover is also the main port in South-east England with cross-channel ferry services to Calais, Boulogne and Oostende.
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Next door to Ash
- Richboroughvillage in Kent, England, UK3.4 km
- Woodnesboroughvillage and civil parish in Kent, UK2.7 km
- Staplevillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK2.4 km
- Elmstonevillage in Kent, England, UK3 km
- Barnsolevillage in Kent, United Kingdom2.3 km
- Coombevillage in Kent, United Kingdom1.3 km