Maidstone

Worth seeing in and around Maidstone

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.

1. 01
   Allington Castle

   Stone-built moated castle in Allington, England

   3 km · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Mote Park

   Park in Kent, United Kingdom

   2.1 km · Wikipedia
3. 03
   All Saints Church, Maidstone

   Parish church associated with the Archbishop's Palace, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

   600 m · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Boxley Abbey

   Abbey

   3.8 km · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Linton Park

   Grade I listed English country house in Linton, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

   5 km · Wikipedia
6. 06
   All Saints Church, West Farleigh

   Grade I listed church in West Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

   4.4 km · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Holy Cross Church, Bearsted

   Grade I listed church in Bearsted, Kent, England, UK

   4.5 km · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St Martin of Tours Church, Detling

   Church in Detling, Kent, England, UK

   4.8 km · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Mary the Virgin Church, Thurnham

   Grade I listed church in Thurnham, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

   5.4 km · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St Mary's and All Saints Church, Boxley

    Grade I listed church in Boxley, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

    4.4 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Maidstone

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 51 km · London Stansted (STN), 71 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 71 km

Stations

Aylesford railway station, 5.2 km · Maidstone Barracks railway station, 1.2 km · Maidstone West railway station, 500 m · East Malling railway station, 5.8 km · Maidstone East railway station, 1.3 km

• London → Maidstone

  52 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £6–8
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• London, Essex → Maidstone

  52 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £6–8
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• Luton, Luton → Maidstone

  94 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Maidstone

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 Maidstone. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Maidstone – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.