Hollingbourne
Hollingbourne is a village and civil parish in the borough of Maidstone in Kent, England.
Hollingbourne is a village and civil parish in the borough of Maidstone in Kent, England. The parish is located on the southward slope of the North Downs to the east of the county town, Maidstone. The parish population is around 900 and has three conservation areas: Upper Street in the village centre and the outlying hamlets of Broad Street and Eyhorne Street.
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Worth seeing in and around Hollingbourne
5 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.
2.2 km · castle in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02All 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.
200 m · church in Hollingbourne, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St 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.
3.8 km · Grade I listed church in Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Nicholas's Church, Leeds
St Nicholas is a Church of England parish church in Leeds, Kent first built in the 11th century with additions in the next five centuries. It is a Grade I listed building.
2.7 km · church in Leeds, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Hollingbourne Manor
Hollingbourne Manor is an Elizabethan manor house in Hollingbourne, Kent, England.
100 m · Grade I listed English country house in Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hollingbourne
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 59 km · London Stansted (STN), 74 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 80 km
- Stations
- Harrietsham railway station, 3.2 km · Hollingbourne railway station, 1 km
- London → Hollingbourne60 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £7–9
- London, Essex → Hollingbourne60 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £7–9
- Luton, Luton → Hollingbourne100 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 Hollingbourne
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 Hollingbourne. 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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Next door to Hollingbourne
Hollingbourne is 60 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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