Paddlesworth
Paddlesworth is a hamlet and parish located about 3 miles (4.8 km) NNW of Folkestone in Kent, England, near Hawkinge.
Paddlesworth is a hamlet and parish located about 3 miles (4.8 km) NNW of Folkestone in Kent, England, near Hawkinge.
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Worth seeing in and around Paddlesworth
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.
- 01Folkestone Castle
Folkestone Castle stood on a spur of the North Downs to the north of the town of Folkestone, Kent. The Norman castle existed in the late 11th and 12th centuries and was built on a natural mound which.
2.5 km · castle in Folkestone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Martin, Acrise
St Martin's Church is an Anglican church in the village and parish of Acrise in Kent, England. The church dates back to the Norman era, and was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966.
2.5 km · Grade I listed church in Acrise, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Acrise Place
Acrise Place is a mainly 18th-century house located about 6 miles north of Folkestone in the village of Acrise, Kent, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.5 km · manor house in Acrise · Wikipedia - 04Kent Battle of Britain Museum
The Kent Battle of Britain Museum is an aviation museum located in Hawkinge, Kent, focused on the Allied and Axis men of the Battle of Britain. The Spirit of the Few Monument is in the grounds of the museum.
1.1 km · aviation museum in Hawkinge, Kent · Wikipedia - 05Great Shuttlesfield Down
Great Shuttlesfield Down is a 21.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Folkestone in Kent. This unimproved grassland is dominated by Sheep's fescue, upright brome and tor-grass, and it is grazed by sheep and cattle.
2.4 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 06Cheriton Hill
Cheriton Hill is a hill overlooking the English Channel near Folkestone in the south-east corner of Kent, England. The relatively low-lying hill is covered with farmland, villages, narrow lanes, and footpaths.
200 m · hill in Kent, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Paddlesworth
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 92 km · London Stansted (STN), 106 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 118 km
- Stations
- Folkestone West railway station, 3.5 km · Cheriton Halt railway station, 3.2 km
- London → Paddlesworth98 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £10–14
- London, Essex → Paddlesworth98 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £10–14
- Luton, Luton → Paddlesworth137 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 Paddlesworth
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 Paddlesworth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inNational Express operates the 007 coach service from London Victoria Coach Station to Dover Pencester Road in the town, about from the ferry port.
- Get in{{go | name | url | address 51.126156 | long west of the central shopping area, and about a walk from the ferry port | phone | hours | wikidata=Q2666521 | content=The only remaining station in Dover.
- Get inThere is no shuttle bus between the station and the ferry port, so you will have to walk the roughly 1½ miles (2.25 km) or get a taxi.
- Get inRegular ferry services operate to Dover from Calais and Dunkirk.
- Get inThe ferry between France and Dover costs around €40 each way if on foot, and around €100 each way for a car with two passengers, although big discounts are available if booked in advance or with special offers.
From Wikivoyage: Dover (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Paddlesworth
- Hawkingevillage in Kent, England, UK1.9 km
- Newingtonvillage and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, England3 km
- Acrisevillage and civil parish in Kent, England2.6 km
- Lymingevillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK3.7 km
- Cheritonsuburb of Folkestone in Kent, England, UK3 km
- Etchinghillvillage in Kent, United Kingdom3 km