Patrixbourne
Patrixbourne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne, in the Canterbury district in Kent, England.
Patrixbourne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne, in the Canterbury district in Kent, England. It is 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Canterbury. It is mostly taken up by agricultural hills and along with almost contiguous Bekesbourne. In 1931 the parish had a population of 245.
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Worth seeing in and around Patrixbourne
9 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.
- 01St Martin's Church
The Church of St Martin is a Church of England parish church in Canterbury, England. It is known for being the oldest existing church in the English-speaking world and the oldest English church building still in ecclesiastical use.
3.9 km · church in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Lawrence Ground
The St Lawrence Ground is a cricket ground in Canterbury, Kent. It is the home ground of Kent County Cricket Club and since 2013 has been known as The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, due to commercial sponsorship.
3.3 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia - 03Bourne Park House
Bourne Park House is a Queen Anne style country house on Bourne Park Road, between Bishopsbourne and Bridge near Canterbury in Kent. Built in 1701, it has been listed Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for England since 1954.
2.3 km · Grade I listed house in Bishopsbourne, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Vincent
St Vincent of Saragossa's Church is the Church of England parish church of Littlebourne, Kent, England. The parish is part of the Benefice of Littlebourne including Ickham, Wickhambreaux and Stodmarsh.
3.3 km · Grade I listed church in Littlebourne, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Martin's Mill
St Martin's Mill is a Grade II listed converted tower mill in Canterbury, Kent, England.
3.8 km · tower mill in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Howletts Wild Animal Park
Howletts Wild Animal Park in the parish of Bekesbourne, near Canterbury in Kent, was established as a private zoo in 1957 by John Aspinall. In 1962, the House known as Howletts was being restored.
1.6 km · zoo in Kent, England · Wikipedia - 07Chequer's Wood and Old Park
Chequer's Wood and Old Park is a 106.9-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the eastern outskirts of Canterbury in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
3.6 km · park in Kent, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Adisham Water Tower
Adisham Water Tower is a Grade II listed building located in the parish of Adisham, Kent. The structure was built in 1903 in an Edwardian Italianate Revival style for the Margate Corporation District Waterworks.
2.8 km · water tower in Adisham, Kent, UK · Wikipedia - 09Higham Park
Higham Park is a Grade II* listed neoclassical style house and gardens, located at Bridge, Kent, 3 miles south of Canterbury.
1.6 km · house in Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Patrixbourne
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 93 km · London Stansted (STN), 94 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 113 km
- Stations
- Bekesbourne railway station, 700 m
- London → Patrixbourne92 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Patrixbourne92 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Patrixbourne128 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £15–20
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Patrixbourne
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 Patrixbourne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIt also gives advice on how best to see the city by bike, having put together several good guides to local rides, including on road, off road, and dedicated path routes.
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Next door to Patrixbourne
- Bishopsbournevillage in Kent, England, UK2.7 km
- Bridgevillage and civil parish in Kent, UK1.3 km
- Littlebournevillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK2.9 km
- Bekesbournevillage in Kent, England, UK700 m
- Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbournecivil parish in Kent, UK700 m
- Nackingtonvillage in Kent, United Kingdom3.7 km