Harrietsham
Harrietsham is a rural and industrial village and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England.
Harrietsham is a rural and industrial village and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, it had a population of 1,504, increasing to 2,113 at the 2011 Census. The parish is in the North Downs, 7 miles (10 km) east of Maidstone; it includes the settlements of Marley, Pollhill and Fairbourne.
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Worth seeing in and around Harrietsham
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.
- 01Leeds Castle
Leeds Castle is a castle in Kent, England, 7 miles southeast of Maidstone. It is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the east of the village of Leeds and is a historic Grade I listed estate.
3.1 km · castle in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Lenham
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 - 03All Saints Church, Hollingbourne
All Saints Church is a parish church in Hollingbourne, Kent. It was begun in the 14th century and is a Grade I listed building.
3.3 km · church in Hollingbourne, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04All 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.
3.6 km · church in Ulcombe · Wikipedia - 05Boughton Place
Boughton Place, formerly Bocton Place or Bocton Hall, is a country house in Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England.
3.4 km · country house in Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St 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.
900 m · Grade I listed church in Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St 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.
3.3 km · church in Lenham, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Chilston 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.
3.8 km · Grade I listed English country house in Boughton Malherbe, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Kiln Wood
Kiln Wood is a 6-hectare nature reserve south of Lenham in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.
2.2 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Hollingbourne Manor
Hollingbourne Manor is an Elizabethan manor house in Hollingbourne, Kent, England.
3.5 km · Grade I listed English country house in Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Harrietsham
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 61 km · London Stansted (STN), 78 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 83 km
- Stations
- Hollingbourne railway station, 4 km · Lenham railway station, 2.6 km · Harrietsham railway station, 200 m
- London → Harrietsham63 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £7–9
- London, Essex → Harrietsham63 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £7–9
- Luton, Luton → Harrietsham103 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £12–16
- 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 Harrietsham
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 Harrietsham. 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.
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