Bekesbourne

Worth seeing in and around Bekesbourne

7 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
   St Lawrence Ground

   The St Lawrence Ground is a cricket ground in Canterbury, Kent. It is the home ground of Kent County Cricket Club and since 2013 has been known as The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, due to commercial sponsorship.

   3.8 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bourne Park House

   Bourne Park House is a Queen Anne style country house on Bourne Park Road, between Bishopsbourne and Bridge near Canterbury in Kent. Built in 1701, it has been listed Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for England since 1954.

   2.8 km · Grade I listed house in Bishopsbourne, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Howletts Wild Animal Park

   Howletts Wild Animal Park in the parish of Bekesbourne, near Canterbury in Kent, was established as a private zoo in 1957 by John Aspinall. In 1962, the House known as Howletts was being restored.

   1.1 km · zoo in Kent, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St Vincent

   St Vincent of Saragossa's Church is the Church of England parish church of Littlebourne, Kent, England. The parish is part of the Benefice of Littlebourne including Ickham, Wickhambreaux and Stodmarsh.

   2.7 km · Grade I listed church in Littlebourne, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Adisham Water Tower

   Adisham Water Tower is a Grade II listed building located in the parish of Adisham, Kent. The structure was built in 1903 in an Edwardian Italianate Revival style for the Margate Corporation District Waterworks.

   2.6 km · water tower in Adisham, Kent, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Higham Park

   Higham Park is a Grade II* listed neoclassical style house and gardens, located at Bridge, Kent, 3 miles south of Canterbury.

   1.9 km · house in Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Chequer's Wood and Old Park

   Chequer's Wood and Old Park is a 106.9-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the eastern outskirts of Canterbury in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

   3.7 km · park in Kent, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Bekesbourne

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 93 km · London Stansted (STN), 94 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 114 km

Stations

Bekesbourne railway station, 600 m

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  92 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £9–12
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  92 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £9–12
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• Luton, Luton → Bekesbourne

  128 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £15–20
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