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Boughton Malherbe

Boughton Malherbe is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, equidistant between Maidstone and Ashford.

The place

Boughton Malherbe is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, equidistant between Maidstone and Ashford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 428, including Sandway and Grafty Green, increasing to 476 at the 2011 Census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Boughton Malherbe

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
    Lenham

    Lenham is a market village and civil parish in the Maidstone district, in Kent, England, situated on the southern edge of the North Downs, 9 miles east of Maidstone. The picturesque square in the village has two public houses, a couple of restaurants, and a tea-room.

    3.1 km · market village in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    All Saints Church, Ulcombe

    All Saints is a parish church in Ulcombe, Kent. It was begun in the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building.

    3.5 km · church in Ulcombe · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Mary's Church

    St Mary's is a parish church in Lenham, Kent, England, begun in the 12th century with additions in the next three centuries. It is a Grade I listed building.

    3.1 km · church in Lenham, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St John the Baptist's Church, Harrietsham

    St John the Baptist's Church is a parish church in Marley Road, Harrietsham, Kent dedicated to John the Baptist. It was begun in the late 11th century or in the 12th century and works continued to the 15th century.

    3.5 km · Grade I listed church in Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Boughton Place

    Boughton Place, formerly Bocton Place or Bocton Hall, is a country house in Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England.

    100 m · country house in Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Chilston Park

    Chilston Park is a country house in Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England. Started in the 15th century, the house has been modified many times and is a Grade I listed building, currently operated as a country house hotel.

    1.4 km · Grade I listed English country house in Boughton Malherbe, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Kiln Wood

    Kiln Wood is a 6-hectare nature reserve south of Lenham in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.

    2.1 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Boughton Malherbe

Airports
London Gatwick (LGW), 62 km · London Stansted (STN), 81 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 85 km
Stations
Lenham railway station, 2.5 km · Harrietsham railway station, 3.7 km
  • London → Boughton Malherbe
    66 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £7–9
  • London, Essex → Boughton Malherbe
    66 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £7–9
  • Luton, Luton → Boughton Malherbe
    107 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £13–17
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Boughton Malherbe

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 Boughton Malherbe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundIt is signed throughout although its quality is variable, with a mix of cycle tracks, quiet roads and a few off-road sections.

From Wikivoyage: Kent, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    152 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    371 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    374 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    620 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    655 km

If you know how people move in Boughton Malherbe – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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