Sheldwich

Worth seeing in and around Sheldwich

3 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
   National Fruit Collection

   The United Kingdom's National Fruit Collection is one of the largest collections of fruit trees and plants in the world. Over 2,040 varieties of apple, 502 of pear, 350 of plum, 322 of cherry and smaller collections of bush fruits, nuts and grapes are grown, in 150 acres of orchards.

   2.8 km · collection of heritage fruit varieties and cultivars, at Brogdale Farm, Kent, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Belmont House and Gardens

   Belmont is a Georgian house and gardens in Throwley, near Faversham in east Kent. Built between 1769 and 1793, it has been described as "a marvellous example of Georgian architecture that has remained completely unspoilt".

   2.5 km · Georgian house and gardens in Throwley, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Catherine's Church

   St Catherine's Church, Preston-next-Faversham is an Anglican church in the Preston area of the town of Faversham in Kent, England. Sir John Betjeman in the Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches described St Catherine's as "high and distinguished among the railways and breweries".

   4 km · church in Preston, Faversham, Swale, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Sheldwich

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 76 km · London Stansted (STN), 81 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 96 km

• London → Sheldwich

  75 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £8–10
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• London, Essex → Sheldwich

  75 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £8–10
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• Luton, Luton → Sheldwich

  63 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sheldwich

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 Sheldwich. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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