Charing
Charing is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, in south-east England.
Charing is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, in south-east England. It includes the settlements of Charing Heath and Westwell Leacon. It is located at the foot of the North Downs and reaches up to the escarpment. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2,766.
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Worth seeing in and around Charing
2 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.
- 01Charing Beech Hangers
Charing Beech Hangers is a 52.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Ashford in Kent. This steeply sloping site has mature beech and oak, and the ground flora is varied with some uncommon species.
2.7 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Kent, England · Wikipedia - 02Spuckles and Kennelling Woods
Spuckles and Kennelling Woods is a 20-hectare nature reserve north of Charing in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.
3.1 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Charing
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 69 km · London Stansted (STN), 84 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 92 km
- Stations
- Charing railway station, 500 m
- London → Charing72 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £7–10
- London, Essex → Charing72 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £7–10
- Luton, Luton → Charing112 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £13–17
- 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 Charing
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 Charing. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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If you know how people move in Charing – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Charing
- Little Chartcivil parish and small village in Ashford in Kent, South East England3.6 km
- Otterdenvillage and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Stalisfieldvillage and civil parish in Swale, Kent, England3.7 km
- Westwell Leaconvillage in Kent, United Kingdom2 km
- Stalisfield Greenvillage in Kent, England3.4 km
- Lenham Heathhamlet in Kent, England, UK3.9 km