Burham

Worth seeing in and around Burham

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.

1. 01
   Blue Bell Hill

   Blue Bell Hill is a chalk hill between Maidstone and Rochester in the English county of Kent. It overlooks the River Medway and is part of the North Downs.

   1.1 km · hill in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Mary's Church, Burham

   St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Burham, 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.

   1.4 km · Grade I listed church in Burham, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Kent Life

   Kent Life is a farm park located at Sandling near Maidstone, next to Allington Locks on the east bank of the River Medway. It once operated as an open-air museum, before rebranding as a heritage farm park.

   3.9 km · museum in Kent, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Smythe's Megalith

   Smythe's Megalith, also known as the Warren Farm Chamber, was a chambered long barrow near the village of Aylesford in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the 4th millennium BCE, during Britain's Early Neolithic period, it was discovered in 1822, at which point it was dismantled.

   2.7 km · neolithic monument in Kent, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   All Saints Church, Snodland

   All Saints’ Church is the parish church of Snodland in Kent, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

   2.3 km · church in Snodland, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Aylesford Priory

   Aylesford Priory, or "The Friars" was founded in 1242 when members of the Carmelite order arrived in England from Mount Carmel in the Holy Land. Richard de Grey, a crusader, sponsored them, and conveyed to the order a parcel of land located on his manor in Aylesford in Kent.

   3.1 km · Carmelite monastery in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Burham Marsh

   Burham Marsh nature reserve is an 11 hectare tidal Reed bed on the River Medway 5 miles northwest of Maidstone. It is just east of Snodland but being on the east bank of the river it is accessed via Burham.

   1.7 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Holborough Marshes

   Holborough Marshes is a 35-hectare nature reserve on the outskirts of Snodland, south-west of Chatham in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.

   2.5 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Leybourne Lakes Country Park

   Leybourne Lakes Country Park is near Snodland, in Kent, England. The park, which opened in 2004, was created from disused gravel pits that have been flooded and landscaped to make fishing and wildlife lakes.

   3.8 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Aylesford Pit

    Aylesford Pit is a 1.5-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Maidstone in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

    2.4 km · geological site in Kent, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Burham

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 51 km · London Stansted (STN), 64 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 67 km

Stations

Rochester Airport, 2.8 km · Snodland railway station, 2.4 km · Aylesford railway station, 3.4 km · Halling railway station, 3.6 km · New Hythe railway station, 2.7 km

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