Sellindge

Worth seeing in and around Sellindge

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
   Westenhanger Castle

   Westenhanger Castle is a fortified manor house once owned by royalty, located next to Westenhanger railway station and the grandstand of Folkestone Racecourse in Kent. The castle has endured a period of steady decline to near ruination in recent years, but the current owners have engaged a programme of consolidation, conservation and restoration to the castle and adjoining buildings.

   3.2 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Shepway, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Port Lympne Wild Animal Park

   Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve near the town of Hythe, Kent, England is set in 600 acres and incorporates the historic Port Lympne Mansion, and landscaped gardens designed by architect Sir Herbert Baker, for Sir Philip Sassoon. The estate with an Edwardian mansion near Lympne was purchased in 1973 by John Aspinall; the intent was to solve lack of space at the nearby Howletts Wild Animal Park.

   3.5 km · zoo · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Port Lympne Mansion

   Port Lympne, at Lympne, Kent is an early 20th-century country house built for Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet by Herbert Baker and Philip Tilden. Completed after the First World War.

   3.6 km · country house in Lympne, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Scot's Hall

   Scot's Hall was a country house in Smeeth, between Ashford and Folkestone in southeast England. It was the property of a gentry family, the Scotts.

   1.6 km · country house in Smeeth, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Otterpool Quarry

   Otterpool Quarry is a 10.2-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Hythe in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

   2.7 km · limestone quarry now a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kent, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Sellindge

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 82 km · London Stansted (STN), 101 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 109 km

Stations

Westenhanger railway station, 3.6 km · Smeeth railway station, 2.5 km

• London → Sellindge

  91 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £9–12
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• London, Essex → Sellindge

  91 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £9–12
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• Luton, Luton → Sellindge

  131 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £15–19
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