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Chillenden

Chillenden is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Goodnestone, in the Dover district, in east Kent, England.

Chillenden
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The place

Chillenden is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Goodnestone, in the Dover district, in east Kent, England. It is between Canterbury and Deal. In 1931 the parish had a population of 130. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Goodnestone.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Chillenden

3 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
    Goodnestone Park

    Goodnestone Park is a stately home and gardens in the southern part of the village of Goodnestone, Dover, Kent. It is approximately 7 miles from Canterbury.

    1.9 km · country house and garden in Goodnestone, Dover district, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Clement's Church, Knowlton

    St Clement's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Knowlton, 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.

    1.2 km · church in Knowlton, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Knowlton Court

    Knowlton Court is a Grade I listed manor house near Sandwich, Kent, England that dates back to the Elizabethan period. The present front façade in the Queen Anne style, was added in 1715.

    1.1 km · Grade I listed English country house in Dover, 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 Chillenden

Airports
London Gatwick (LGW), 101 km · London Stansted (STN), 101 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 113 km
Stations
Adisham railway station, 3.6 km · Snowdown railway station, 3.4 km · Aylesham railway station, 2.9 km · Knowlton railway station, 2.2 km · Eastry railway station, 3.9 km
  • London → Chillenden
    100 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £10–14
  • London, Essex → Chillenden
    100 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £10–14
  • Luton, Luton → Chillenden
    136 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £16–21
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Chillenden

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inNational Express operates the 007 coach service from London Victoria Coach Station to Dover Pencester Road in the town, about from the ferry port.
  • Get in{{go | name | url | address 51.126156 | long west of the central shopping area, and about a walk from the ferry port | phone | hours | wikidata=Q2666521 | content=The only remaining station in Dover.
  • Get inThere is no shuttle bus between the station and the ferry port, so you will have to walk the roughly 1½ miles (2.25 km) or get a taxi.
  • Get inRegular ferry services operate to Dover from Calais and Dunkirk.
  • Get inThe ferry between France and Dover costs around €40 each way if on foot, and around €100 each way for a car with two passengers, although big discounts are available if booked in advance or with special offers.

From Wikivoyage: Dover (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    189 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    340 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    412 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    642 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    676 km

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Around it

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