Bishopsbourne
Bishopsbourne is a mostly rural and wooded village and civil parish in Kent, England.
Bishopsbourne is a mostly rural and wooded village and civil parish in Kent, England. It has two short developed sections of streets at the foot of the Nailbourne valley 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Canterbury and centred 9 miles (14 km) from Dover. The settlement of Pett Bottom is included in the civil parish.
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Worth seeing in and around Bishopsbourne
4 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.
- 01Bourne 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.
900 m · Grade I listed house in Bishopsbourne, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Reed Mill
Reed Mill is a tower mill in Kingston, Kent, England that was built in the early nineteenth century and worked until 1915, after which the mill was derelict. In 2010–11 the mill was converted and extended to form residential accommodation.
3.1 km · tower mill in Kingston, Kent, England · Wikipedia - 03Adisham 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.
2.2 km · water tower in Adisham, Kent, UK · Wikipedia - 04Higham Park
Higham Park is a Grade II* listed neoclassical style house and gardens, located at Bridge, Kent, 3 miles south of Canterbury.
1.3 km · house in Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bishopsbourne
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 92 km · London Stansted (STN), 96 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 114 km
- Stations
- Bekesbourne railway station, 3.4 km
- London → Bishopsbourne92 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £10–13
- London, Essex → Bishopsbourne92 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £10–13
- Luton, Luton → Bishopsbourne129 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £15–20
- 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 Bishopsbourne
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 Bishopsbourne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIt also gives advice on how best to see the city by bike, having put together several good guides to local rides, including on road, off road, and dedicated path routes.
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Next door to Bishopsbourne
- Barhamvillage and civil parish in Kent, UK3.6 km
- Bridgevillage and civil parish in Kent, UK1.7 km
- Kingstonvillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK1.7 km
- Lower Hardresvillage in Kent, England, UK3.7 km
- Bekesbournevillage in Kent, England, UK3.3 km
- Patrixbournevillage in Kent, United Kingdom2.7 km