Blean
Blean is a village and civil parish in the Canterbury district of Kent, England.
Blean is a village and civil parish in the Canterbury district of Kent, England. The civil parish is large and is mostly woodland, much of which is ancient woodland. The developed village within the parish is scattered along the road between Canterbury and Whitstable, in the middle of the Forest of Blean. Blean is part of the electoral ward of Blean Forest. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 5,589.
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Worth seeing in and around Blean
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.
- 01Canterbury
Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canterbury district, county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. Lying on the River Stour not far from its mouth on the Strait of Dover, the city has a mild oceanic climate.
4 km · cathedral city in Kent, England · Wikipedia - 02University of Kent
The University of Kent is a university within the London and South East University Group in Kent, England. It was an independent university from 1965, when it was founded by royal charter, to 2026, when it merged with the University of Greenwich to form LASE. Following the merger, Kent is formally an academic division within LASE, but continues to operate as a university, including recruiting students, teaching and granting degrees, under the branding of the University of Kent, under LASE's shared governance, management and academic board..
2.1 km · public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Museum of Canterbury
The Canterbury Heritage Museum was a museum in Stour Street, Canterbury, South East England, telling the history of the city. It was housed in the 12th-century Poor Priests' Hospital next to the River Stour.
4 km · local history museum, children's museum, heritage museum in Canterbury, Kent · Wikipedia - 04St. Dunstan's, Canterbury
St. Dunstan's is an Anglican church in Canterbury, Kent, at the junction of London Road and Whitstable Road.
3.2 km · Grade I church in Canterbury, England, linked to the deaths of Thomas Becket & Thomas More · Wikipedia - 05Marlowe Theatre
The Marlowe Theatre is a 1,200-seat theatre in Canterbury named after playwright Christopher Marlowe, who was born and attended school in the city. It was named a Stage Awards, 2022 UK Theatre of the Year.
3.8 km · theatre in Canterbury, England (third of that name) · Wikipedia - 06The Beaney
The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge is the central museum, library and art gallery of the city of Canterbury, Kent, England. It is housed in a Grade II listed building.
4 km · Museum, library and art gallery in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Kent Museum of Freemasonry
The Kent Museum of Freemasonry, is a museum in St Peters Place, Canterbury, Kent. Administered by the Freemasonry Province of East Kent, The museum is situated between Canterbury East and West railway stations.
3.7 km · local history and masonic museum in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Kent Business School
Kent Business School is the business school of the University of Kent. Since opening in 1988, it offers undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and PhD programmes.
2.1 km · University of Kent, UK · Wikipedia - 09Westgate Hall, Canterbury
Westgate Hall is a hundred-year-old drill hall and community space in a Conservation area of Canterbury, Kent, notable for hosting community events. The Hall was threatened with closure or demolition in 2009, but a group of local people fought to save it.
3.7 km · community hall and dance hall · Wikipedia - 10Church of the Holy Cross
Canterbury Guildhall, formerly the Church of the Holy Cross, is a municipal building in St Peter's Place in Canterbury, Kent, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Canterbury City Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
3.7 km · church in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Blean
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 85 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 87 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 106 km
- Stations
- Canterbury West railway station, 3.4 km
- London → Blean84 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Blean84 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Blean119 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £14–19
- 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 Blean
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 Blean. 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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If you know how people move in Blean – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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- Harbledownvillage in Kent, United Kingdom3 km
- Upper Harbledownvillage in Kent, England, UK2.5 km