Hersden
Hersden is a village east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England.
Hersden is a village east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England. It was established as a planned coalmining village in the 1920s and is on the A28 road between Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet. Work in the Kent Coalfield was the main source of employment in the village until the closure of the Kent colliery in the 1980s.
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Worth seeing in and around Hersden
9 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.
- 01Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fordwich
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a redundant Anglican church in the small town of Fordwich, 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.
3.2 km · Grade I listed church in Fordwich, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Wildwood Discovery Park
Wildwood Trust is a woodland discovery park in Herne. It features over fifty species of native British animals and located along the main road A291 between Herne Bay and Canterbury.
3.5 km · zoo in Kent · Wikipedia - 03East Blean Woods
East Blean Woods is a 151.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Herne Bay in Kent. It is also a National Nature Reserve a Special Area of Conservation and a Nature Conservation Review site.
2.8 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 04Preston Marshes
Preston Marshes is a 43.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Canterbury in Kent. This site in the valley of the River Little Stour is dominated by common reed, with areas of willow scrub and pasture.
3.4 km · site in east of Canterbury in Kent · Wikipedia - 05Stodmarsh SSSI
Stodmarsh SSSI is a 623.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Stodmarsh, north-east of Canterbury in Kent. Parts of it are a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, a National Nature Reserve, a Ramsar internationally important wetland site, a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.
1 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 06Ford Palace
Ford Palace was a residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury at Ford, about 6.6 miles north-east of Canterbury and 2.6 miles south-east of Herne Bay, in the parish of Hoath in the county of Kent in south-eastern England. The earliest structural evidence for the palace dates it to about 1300, and the earliest written references to it date to the 14th century.
3.7 km · ruined palace in England · Wikipedia - 07Grove Ferry Picnic Area
Grove Ferry is place near Upstreet, Kent, England, on the site of an old hand-drawn ferry that once crossed the River Stour here.
3.4 km · park in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Fordwich Town Hall
Fordwich Town Hall is a municipal structure in King Street, Fordwich, Kent, England. The structure, which serves as the meeting place of Fordwich Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
3.3 km · municipal building in Fordwich, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St Nicholas' Church, Sturry
St Nicholas' Church, Sturry, is a joint Anglican and Methodist church standing on a bank beside the River Stour, in the village of Sturry, near Canterbury, in East Kent. The Local Ecumenical Partnership enables the congregation to be of mixed denomination - either Methodist or Anglican.
3.4 km · Grade I listed church in Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hersden
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 90 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 96 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 114 km
- Stations
- Sturry railway station, 3.2 km · Grove Ferry and Upstreet railway station, 3.3 km
- London → Hersden92 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £10–14
- London, Essex → Hersden92 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £10–14
- Luton, Luton → Hersden126 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £16–21
- 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 Hersden
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 Hersden. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIt also gives advice on how best to see the city by bike, having put together several good guides to local rides, including on road, off road, and dedicated path routes.
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Next door to Hersden
- Fordwichtown and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom3.4 km
- Sturryvillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK3.1 km
- Westberevillage and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom1.6 km
- Hoathvillage and civil parish in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom2.1 km
- Chisletvillage in Kent, England, UK3.1 km
- Wickhambreauxvillage in Kent, England, UK3.9 km