Betteshanger
Betteshanger is a village and former civil parish.
Betteshanger is a village and former civil parish. now in the parish of Northbourne, in the Dover district, in east Kent, UK, near Deal. It gave its name to the largest of the four chief collieries of the Kent coalfield. In 1931 the parish had a population of 55. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Northbourne.
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Worth seeing in and around Betteshanger
6 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.
- 01St Clement's Church, Knowlton
St Clement's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Knowlton, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.8 km · church in Knowlton, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Finglesham Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Finglesham Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a place of burial that was used from the sixth to the eighth centuries CE. It is located adjacent to the village of Finglesham, near Sandwich in Kent, South East England. Belonging to the Anglo-Saxon period, it was part of the much wider tradition of burial in Early Anglo-Saxon England.
1.8 km · archaeological site in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Betteshanger Park
Betteshanger Park is a park near Deal, in Kent, England. It covers the site of a former colliery spoil tip.
3.6 km · park in Kent, England · Wikipedia - 04Knowlton Court
Knowlton Court is a Grade I listed manor house near Sandwich, Kent, England that dates back to the Elizabethan period. The present front façade in the Queen Anne style, was added in 1715.
3.9 km · Grade I listed English country house in Dover, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Peter and St Paul
All Saints is a parish church in Sutton, Kent. It was begun in the 12th century and is a Grade II listed building.
3.5 km · church in Sutton, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Ham Fen
Ham Fen is a 41-hectare nature reserve south of Sandwich in Kent. It is one of Kent Wildlife Trust's nature reserves and is being extended in 2018 by an extra 33 acres.
2.9 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Betteshanger
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 105 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 105 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 108 km
- Stations
- Knowlton railway station, 3.1 km · Eastry railway station, 3 km · Eastry South railway station, 2.6 km · Poison Cross railway station, 3.3 km
- London → Betteshanger105 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £11–15
- London, Essex → Betteshanger105 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £11–15
- Luton, Luton → Betteshanger140 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £16–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Betteshanger
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 Betteshanger. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inNational Express operates the 007 coach service from London Victoria Coach Station to Dover Pencester Road in the town, about from the ferry port.
- Get in{{go | name | url | address 51.126156 | long west of the central shopping area, and about a walk from the ferry port | phone | hours | wikidata=Q2666521 | content=The only remaining station in Dover.
- Get inThere is no shuttle bus between the station and the ferry port, so you will have to walk the roughly 1½ miles (2.25 km) or get a taxi.
- Get inRegular ferry services operate to Dover from Calais and Dunkirk.
- Get inThe ferry between France and Dover costs around €40 each way if on foot, and around €100 each way for a car with two passengers, although big discounts are available if booked in advance or with special offers.
From Wikivoyage: Dover (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Betteshanger
- Eastryvillage in Kent, England, UK2.5 km
- Northbournevillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK1.4 km
- Ripplevillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK4 km
- Great Mongehamvillage and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom3 km
- Worthvillage and civil parish in Dover, Kent, England4 km
- Sholdenvillage in Kent, England, UK3.6 km