Swanley

Worth seeing in and around Swanley

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.

1. 01
   Eynsford Castle

   Eynsford Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in Eynsford, Kent. Built on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon stone burh, the castle was constructed by William de Eynsford, probably between 1085 and 1087, to protect the lands of Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, from Odo, the Bishop of Bayeux.

   3.8 km · castle, now ruinous, in Eynsford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Lullingstone Castle

   Lullingstone Castle is a historic manor house, set in an estate in the village of Lullingstone and the civil parish of Eynsford in the English county of Kent. It has been inhabited by members of the Hart Dyke family for twenty generations including current owner Tom Hart Dyke.

   4.4 km · historic manor house in the village of Lullingstone in England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Dartford Heath

   Dartford Heath Common is an area of open heathland situated to the south-west of Dartford, Kent, England, that covers around 314 acres of open space. Dartford Heath is classified as lowland heath and is one of only two substantial heathland blocks remaining in Kent.

   4.6 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Hall Place and Gardens

   Hall Place is a historic building in the London Borough of Bexley in south-east London, built in 1537 for Sir John Champneys, a wealthy merchant and former Lord Mayor of London. The house was extended in 1649 by Sir Robert Austen, a merchant from Tenterden in Kent.

   6 km · Grade I listed house and museum in Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Foots Cray Place

   Foots Cray Place was one of the four country houses built in England in the 18th century to a design inspired by Palladio's Villa Capra near Vicenza. Built in 1754 near Sidcup, Kent, Foots Cray Place was demolished in 1950 after a fire in 1949.

   5.2 km · country house in London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Darenth

   The Church of St Margaret of Antioch at Darenth, Kent, is a church with Norman origins thought to be the third oldest in Kent and the sixth oldest in the United Kingdom. It is a Grade I listed building.

   5.4 km · Grade I listed church in Darenth, Dartford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of All Saints, Orpington

   The Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed church in Orpington, Bromley, London.

   5.2 km · church in Orpington, London Borough of Bromley, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Church of Saint Botolph, Lullingstone

   St Botolph's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Lullingstone, in Kent, England, situated on the lawn of Lullingstone Castle. It dates from the 14th century with later modifications, and it is a Grade I listed building.

   4.3 km · Grade I listed church in Lullingstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Botolph's Church, Ruxley

   St Botolph's Church is a church building in Ruxley, in the London Borough of Bromley, southeast London, England. It was constructed in the thirteenth century and dedicated to Botwulf of Thorney.

   3.4 km · church in London Borough of Bromley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Foots Cray Meadows

    Foots Cray Meadows is an area of parkland and woodland 97 hectares in size, within the London Borough of Bexley, England. It borders the suburbs of Albany Park, Sidcup, Foots Cray, North Cray and Ruxley.

    4.8 km · park in borough of Bexley, London · Wikipedia

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Getting to Swanley

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 37 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 45 km · London Stansted (STN), 55 km

Stations

Eynsford railway station, 4.1 km · Bexley railway station, 5.4 km · St Mary Cray railway station, 4.8 km · Crayford railway station, 5.9 km · Albany Park railway station, 5.6 km

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  24 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £2.5–3
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  24 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £2.5–3
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• Luton, Luton → Swanley

  67 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £9–12
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