Eythorne
Eythorne is a civil parish and small village located 7.3 miles north-northwest of Dover in Kent, with a combined population of approximately 2,500 residents including nearby villages Barfrestone and Elvington.
Eythorne is a civil parish and small village located 7.3 miles north-northwest of Dover in Kent, with a combined population of approximately 2,500 residents including nearby villages Barfrestone and Elvington. Although not classed as one of the former pit villages of Kent, it was only about a mile from Tilmanstone – which closed in 1986. Today many of its residents commute to work in Dover, Deal and Canterbury.
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Worth seeing in and around Eythorne
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.
- 01All Saints Church, Waldershare
All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in Waldershare, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
1.7 km · church in Waldershare, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02East Kent Railway
The East Kent Railway is a heritage railway in Kent, England. It is located at Shepherdswell station on the London and Chatham to Dover mainline.
1 km · heritage railway in southern England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Eythorne
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 101 km · London Stansted (STN), 105 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 112 km
- Stations
- Shepherds Well railway station, 2.7 km · Eythorne railway station, 200 m · Shepherdswell (EKLR) railway station, 2.7 km · Knowlton railway station, 3.1 km
- London → Eythorne103 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £10–14
- London, Essex → Eythorne103 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £10–14
- Luton, Luton → Eythorne139 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £16–21
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Eythorne
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 Eythorne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Eythorne
- Tilmanstonevillage in Kent, England, UK2.8 km
- East Studdalvillage in Kent, England, UK3.7 km
- Shepherdswell with Coldredcivil parish in Dover, Kent, England2.4 km
- Shepherdswellvillage in Kent, England, UK2.7 km
- Coldredvillage in Kent, England, UK2.9 km
- Barfrestonehamlet in Kent, England, UK2.3 km