Ashford

Worth seeing in and around Ashford

10 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.

1. 01
   Christ Church, Ashford

   Christ Church is in the town of Ashford, Kent, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ashford, the archdeaconry of Maidstone, and the diocese of Canterbury.

   800 m · grade II listed church in Ashford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Ashford Designer Outlet

   The Ashford Designer Outlet is a shopping centre in Ashford, Kent, England. The McArthurGlen Ashford Designer Outlet was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership and engineers Buro Happold, and opened in March 2000.

   1.2 km · Designer shopping centre based in Ashford, Kent · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Godinton House

   Godinton House is a stately home in the parish of Great Chart, owned by a non-profit-making trust.

   3.2 km · Grade I listed country house in Great Chart with Singleton, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Hoad's Wood

   Hoad's Wood is an 80.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Ashford in Kent. Natural England described the woodland thus: "This site is a good example of a pedunculate oak-hornbeam woodland on Wealden Clay [comprising] mainly hornbeam coppice-with-standards and oakhazel woodland with some sweet chestnut coppice.

   5.6 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Kent, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Ashford Community Woodland

   Ashford Community Woodland is a 13.8-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the western outskirts of Ashford in Kent. It is owned and managed by Ashford Borough Council.

   3 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Ashford Warren and Hoads Wood

   Ashford Warren and Hoads Wood is a 34.5-hectare nature reserve north of Ashford in Kent. It is owned by Ashford Borough Council and managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.

   1.7 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Conningbrook Lakes Country Park

   Conningbrook Lakes Country Park is a 34.3-hectare nature reserve in Kennington, Ashford in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.

   2.1 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Saint Christopher's Church, Boughton Lees

   Saint Christopher's Church is a mediaeval Grade II listed church in Boughton Lees near Ashford, Kent, part of the Church of England. The building was originally a mediaeval hall house.

   4.7 km · church in Boughton Lees, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Mary's Church, Eastwell

   St Mary's Church is a ruined former Church of England parish church, in the grounds of Eastwell Park in the hamlet of Eastwell, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is a Scheduled monument.

   4.8 km · grade II listed church in Eastwell, Ashford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St Mary's Parish Church, Ashford

    St Mary's Parish Church, also known as the Church of St Mary the Virgin, in Ashford, Kent, England, dates to the late 13th century. It is a Grade I listed.

    300 m · Grade I listed church in Ashford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Ashford

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 74 km · London Stansted (STN), 93 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 99 km

Stations

Wye railway station, 5.8 km · RAF Kingsnorth, 4.7 km

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