Lynsted
Lynsted is a village in Lynsted with Kingsdown civil parish in the Swale borough of Kent, England.
Lynsted is a village in Lynsted with Kingsdown civil parish in the Swale borough of Kent, England. The village is situated south of the A2 road between Faversham and Sittingbourne and the nearest M2 junction is Faversham three miles east. Lynsted is in many respects an archetypal old English village with church, churchyard with an ancient yew, pub and a duck pond. The village is locally referred to as Lovely, Lovely Lynsted and various songs have been written about it.
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Worth seeing in and around Lynsted
6 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.
- 01Newnham Castle
Newnham Castle was a medieval castle in the village of Newnham, Kent, England.
3.2 km · castle in the UK · Wikipedia - 02Provender
Provender is an English country house in Norton near Faversham in the English county of Kent. It is privately owned but open for tours on certain days, and is an event venue.
3.1 km · house in Norton, Buckland and Stone, Swale, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of All Saints, Murston
The Church of All Saints, Murston, Sittingbourne, is a Church of England parish church in the county of Kent, England. It is notable due to its architect, William Burges, and was constructed in 1873–4.
4 km · church in Murston, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Pines Garden
Pines Garden is a 6-acre area of parkland, located on the winding beach road from St Margaret's at Cliffe village down to the beach at St Margeret's Bay, near Dover.
3.3 km · garden in St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent · Wikipedia - 05Cromers Wood
Cromers Wood is a 28-hectare nature reserve between Milstead and Sittingbourne in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.
3.7 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Sharsted Court
Sharsted Court is a grade I listed manor house set in woodland near the village of Newnham, Kent England. A house or lodge has been recorded at the site since the time of Odo de Bayeux in 1080, however the present building, exhibiting a number of later styles, principally dates from the 18th century.
2.7 km · building in Newnham, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lynsted
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 70 km · London Stansted (STN), 74 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 88 km
- Stations
- Teynham railway station, 2.7 km
- London → Lynsted67 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £7–10
- London, Essex → Lynsted67 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £7–10
- Luton, Luton → Lynsted104 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £13–17
- 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 Lynsted
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 Lynsted. 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 Lynsted
- Doddingtonvillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK3.6 km
- Bapchildvillage in Kent, England, UK1.4 km
- Teynhamvillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK2.1 km
- Rodmershamvillage and civil parish in Kent, UK2 km
- Norton, Buckland and Stonecivil parish in Kent, United Kingdom2.5 km
- Murstonsuburb of Sittingbourne, Kent, United Kingdom3.9 km