Sholden
Sholden is a small village adjacent to the seaside town of Deal, lying on the road towards Sandwich in Kent, South East England.
Sholden is a small village adjacent to the seaside town of Deal, lying on the road towards Sandwich in Kent, South East England.
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Worth seeing in and around Sholden
10 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.
- 01Deal Castle
Deal Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Deal, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the strategically important Downs anchorage off the English coast.
2.3 km · 16th century coastal artillery fort, located in Deal, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Walmer Castle
Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the strategically important Downs anchorage off the English coast.
3.3 km · castle in Kent, England · Wikipedia - 03Finglesham Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Finglesham Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a place of burial that was used from the sixth to the eighth centuries CE. It is located adjacent to the village of Finglesham, near Sandwich in Kent, South East England. Belonging to the Anglo-Saxon period, it was part of the much wider tradition of burial in Early Anglo-Saxon England.
2.5 km · archaeological site in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Old St Mary's, Walmer
Old St Mary's Church, officially known as The Blessed Virgin Mary Church, is a grade II* listed Anglican church in Upper Walmer, Kent.
2.5 km · church in Walmer, Dover, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Hamilton Road Cemetery, Deal
Hamilton Road Cemetery is a combined municipal and military burial ground situated in the coastal town of Deal, Kent, in South East England. Opened in May 1856, it was created to provide a new burial ground for Deal at a time when its general population was expanding and when previous, often ad hoc facilities for dealing with deaths in the area no longer sufficed.
1.8 km · cemetery in the UK · Wikipedia - 06Betteshanger Park
Betteshanger Park is a park near Deal, in Kent, England. It covers the site of a former colliery spoil tip.
1.5 km · park in Kent, England · Wikipedia - 07Ham Fen
Ham Fen is a 41-hectare nature reserve south of Sandwich in Kent. It is one of Kent Wildlife Trust's nature reserves and is being extended in 2018 by an extra 33 acres.
3.8 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08St Mary's Church, Walmer
The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, commonly shortened to St Mary's, is a church in the Church of England parish of Walmer, Kent, England.
2.9 km · church in Kent, England · Wikipedia - 09Church of St Peter and St Paul
All Saints is a parish church in Sutton, Kent. It was begun in the 12th century and is a Grade II listed building.
3.8 km · church in Sutton, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Deal Pier
Deal Pier is the last remaining fully intact leisure pier in Kent. It is the third pier to exist in Deal and was opened in November 1957 by the Duke of Edinburgh.
2.5 km · leisure pier in Kent, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sholden
- Airports
- Ostend-Bruges (OST), 105 km · London Stansted (STN), 108 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 109 km
- Stations
- Deal railway station, 1.9 km · Walmer railway station, 2.4 km
- Oostende → Sholden108 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · €19–27
- Zaventem → Sholden220 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · €30–43
- Charleroi → Sholden234 km · quickest by road, 4h 48m · €33–46
- 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 Sholden
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 Sholden. 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 Sholden
- Dealtown in Kent, England, UK2 km
- Walmertown in the district of Dover in Kent, England2.8 km
- Northbournevillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK2.3 km
- Ripplevillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK3.2 km
- Great Mongehamvillage and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom1.4 km
- Suttonvillage and civil parish in Kent, UK3.8 km