Tilmanstone
Tilmanstone is a small village and civil parish in Kent, in the South East of England, near Eastry, a much bigger and more developed area.
Tilmanstone is a small village and civil parish in Kent, in the South East of England, near Eastry, a much bigger and more developed area. Tilmanstone no longer has a village school; however, the independent Northbourne Park School is close to the parish boundary. The name of Tilmanstone has historically been famous for its colliery, although it is located in the village of Eythorne, operated from 1906 to 1986 as one of the four main pits of the Kent coalfield. The population taken at the 2011 Census also included that of the nearby hamlet of Ashley.
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Worth seeing in and around Tilmanstone
6 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.
- 01All Saints Church, Waldershare
All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in Waldershare, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.1 km · church in Waldershare, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Clement's Church, Knowlton
St Clement's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Knowlton, 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.
2.9 km · church in Knowlton, Kent, England, UK · 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.
3.8 km · archaeological site in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04East Kent Railway
The East Kent Railway is a heritage railway in Kent, England. It is located at Shepherdswell station on the London and Chatham to Dover mainline.
3.6 km · heritage railway in southern England · Wikipedia - 05Knowlton Court
Knowlton Court is a Grade I listed manor house near Sandwich, Kent, England that dates back to the Elizabethan period. The present front façade in the Queen Anne style, was added in 1715.
2.9 km · Grade I listed English country house in Dover, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Church 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
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Getting to Tilmanstone
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 103 km · London Stansted (STN), 105 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 110 km
- Stations
- Eythorne railway station, 2.9 km · Eastry railway station, 3.9 km · Knowlton railway station, 1.7 km · Eastry South railway station, 3 km
- London → Tilmanstone104 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £11–14
- London, Essex → Tilmanstone104 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £11–14
- Luton, Luton → Tilmanstone139 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £16–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tilmanstone
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 Tilmanstone. 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 Tilmanstone
- Eastryvillage in Kent, England, UK3.4 km
- Eythornevillage and civil parish in Kent, UK2.8 km
- Northbournevillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK3.1 km
- Suttonvillage and civil parish in Kent, UK3.8 km
- East Studdalvillage in Kent, England, UK2.4 km
- Chillendenvillage in Kent, United Kingdom3.8 km