Biggin Hill
Biggin Hill is a town in the London Borough of Bromley, about 15.2 miles (24.5 km) south-southeast of Charing Cross.
Biggin Hill is a town in the London Borough of Bromley, about 15.2 miles (24.5 km) south-southeast of Charing Cross. It is separated from London's built-up area by the Metropolitan green belt and is located adjacent to the Greater London boundary with Kent and Surrey. Prior to the creation of Greater London in 1965, it was part of Kent. At the 2011 Census, Biggin Hill had a population of 9,951.
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Worth seeing in and around Biggin Hill
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.
- 01St Mary's Church, Downe
St Mary's Church in the village of Downe, Bromley is the Church of England Parish Church for the parish of Downe. It is a Grade II* listed building, which dates from the 13th century.
3 km · church in Downe, London (historically Kent) · Wikipedia - 02Titsey Place
Titsey Place is an English country house near Oxted in Surrey, England. It was successively the seat of the Gresham and Leveson-Gower families and is now preserved by a charitable trust for the nation.
4.1 km · country house in Titsey, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Botley Hill
Botley Hill is a hill in Surrey and is the highest point of the North Downs, with a height of 269.6 metres. The Prime Meridian crosses the hill.
4 km · hill in Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Downe Activity Centre
Downe Scout Activity Centre was one of the National Scout Activity Centres under the direct control of The Scout Association in Downe near Orpington, Greater London. It provided camping and indoor accommodations for Scouts and Guides.
1.6 km · Scout camping site in Greater London · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Peter
The Anglican Church of St Peter in Limpsfield, Surrey, England dates from the 12th century. It is a Grade I listed building.
5.9 km · church in Limpsfield, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Hill Park, Tatsfield
Hill Park, Tatsfield is a 24.5-hectare Local Nature Reserve south of Tatsfield in Surrey. It is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust.
6 km · park · Wikipedia - 07Holwood House
Holwood House is a 25,060-square-foot country house in Keston, near Hayes, in the London Borough of Bromley, England. The house was designed by Decimus Burton, built between 1823 and 1826 and is in the Greek Revival style.
4 km · Grade I listed English country house in London Borough of Bromley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08High Elms Country Park
High Elms Country Park is an extensive 250-acre public park on the North Downs in Farnborough in the London Borough of Bromley. It is a Local Nature Reserve, and together with the neighbouring Downe Bank, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
5.1 km · public park in Greater London · Wikipedia - 09Betsom's Hill
Betsom's Hill is a hill on the North Downs. Situated between Westerham and Tatsfield, at the western edge of the county of Kent, it lies close to where the A233 crosses the Downs en route to Biggin Hill.
3.2 km · hill in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10The Old Jail Public House
The Old Jail was a pub in Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, Westerham, in the London Borough of Bromley. As ofFebruary 2023, it is permanently closed.
1.6 km · pub in Biggin Hill, London · Wikipedia
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Getting to Biggin Hill
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 24 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 38 km · London Stansted (STN), 65 km
- Stations
- King Henry's Drive, 5.2 km · Brasted railway station, 6 km · Westerham railway station, 5.5 km
- London, Essex → Biggin Hill24 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £2.5–3.5
- Luton, Luton → Biggin Hill70 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £11–14
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Biggin Hill186 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · £23–30
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No local-transport research exists yet for Biggin Hill
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 Biggin Hill. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhile the runway is usable by aircraft up to Boeing 737/Airbus A320 size, it is prohibited for airline operators to sell tickets for flights in and out of the airport, thus there are no scheduled or holiday charter flights from the airport.
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Next door to Biggin Hill
Biggin Hill is 24 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Westerhamtown and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, UK5.3 km
- Downevillage in the London Borough of Bromley, England, UK2.9 km
- Tatsfieldvillage in Tandridge, Surrey, UK1.5 km
- Knockholtvillage and civil parish in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, UK5 km
- Woldinghamvillage in Surrey, England, UK5.8 km
- Limpsfieldvillage in Surrey, England, UK6 km