Maplescombe

Worth seeing in and around Maplescombe

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.

1. 01
   Eynsford Castle

   Eynsford Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in Eynsford, Kent. Built on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon stone burh, the castle was constructed by William de Eynsford, probably between 1085 and 1087, to protect the lands of Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, from Odo, the Bishop of Bayeux.

   2.5 km · castle, now ruinous, in Eynsford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Lullingstone Castle

   Lullingstone Castle is a historic manor house, set in an estate in the village of Lullingstone and the civil parish of Eynsford in the English county of Kent. It has been inhabited by members of the Hart Dyke family for twenty generations including current owner Tom Hart Dyke.

   3 km · historic manor house in the village of Lullingstone in England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Franks Hall

   Franks Hall in Horton Kirby, Kent, is a large Elizabethan country house, completed in 1591. The Grade I listed building remains a private house.

   3.6 km · Grade I listed country house in Horton Kirby, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of Saint Botolph, Lullingstone

   St Botolph's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Lullingstone, in Kent, England, situated on the lawn of Lullingstone Castle. It dates from the 14th century with later modifications, and it is a Grade I listed building.

   3 km · Grade I listed church in Lullingstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Otford to Shoreham Downs

   Otford to Shoreham Downs is a 145.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Kemsing and Eynesford in Kent, England. It is part of Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and part it is Fackenden Down, a nature reserve managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust These downs have woodland, scrub and species-rich chalk grassland, which has been traditionally managed by grazing.

   3.6 km · site in Kent, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Maplescombe

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 38 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 50 km · London Stansted (STN), 59 km

Stations

Eynsford railway station, 2.6 km · Lullingstone railway station, 3.7 km

• London → Maplescombe

  30 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £3–4
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• London, Essex → Maplescombe

  30 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £3–4
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• Luton, Luton → Maplescombe

  73 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £9–12
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