Richborough

Worth seeing in and around Richborough

8 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
   Richborough Roman Fort

   Richborough Castle is a Roman Saxon Shore fort better known as Richborough Roman Fort. It is situated in Richborough near Sandwich, Kent.

   900 m · Roman fort at Richborough, Ash, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Mary's Church, Sandwich

   St. Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Sandwich, Kent, England.

   2.5 km · church in the town of Sandwich, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   The Guildhall

   Sandwich Guildhall is a municipal building in the Cattle Market, Sandwich, Kent, England. The structure, which accommodates the offices and meeting place of Sandwich Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

   2.8 km · building in Sandwich, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Peter's Church, Sandwich

   St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Sandwich, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   2.8 km · church in Sandwich, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   White Mill

   White Mill is a smock mill west of Sandwich, Kent, England that was built in 1760. The mill has been restored and is open to the public as part of the White Mill Rural Heritage Centre.

   2 km · windmill, now heritage centre, in Sandwich, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   The Salutation, Sandwich

   The Salutation is a grade I listed house in Sandwich, Kent, England. It was designed and built by Edwin Lutyens in a Queen Anne style in 1911–12, as a weekend home and country retreat for members of the Farrer family.

   3 km · Grade I listed building in Dover, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   The Toll Bridge

   Sandwich Toll Bridge is a Grade II listed road swing bridge over the River Stour in Sandwich, Kent. It opened in 1755 on a site that had been a crossing for centuries, and has had several iterations; the current is a swing bridge that opened in 1892.

   2.8 km · bridge in Sandwich, Dover, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Minster in Thanet Priory

   Minster Abbey is the name of two abbeys in Minster-in-Thanet, Kent, England. The first was a 7th-century foundation which lasted until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

   3.9 km · modern priory in Minster, Thanet, Kent, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Richborough

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 99 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 106 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 109 km

Stations

Sandwich railway station, 3.4 km · Minster railway station, 3.6 km · Ash Town railway station, 3.7 km · Roman Road railway station, 3.2 km · Sandwich Road railway station, 1.9 km

• London → Richborough

  103 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £11–15
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• London, Essex → Richborough

  103 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £11–15
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• Luton, Luton → Richborough

  137 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £16–22
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