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Upper Harbledown

Upper Harbledown is a village in Harbledown and Rough Common civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) west of Canterbury, Kent, England.

The place

Upper Harbledown is a village in Harbledown and Rough Common civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) west of Canterbury, Kent, England. The population is roughly 400.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Upper Harbledown

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
    Canterbury

    Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canterbury district, county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. Lying on the River Stour not far from its mouth on the Strait of Dover, the city has a mild oceanic climate.

    3.4 km · cathedral city in Kent, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Canterbury Cathedral

    Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Located in Canterbury, Kent, it is on the site of one of the oldest Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site.

    3.7 km · cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, England, founded in 597 · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    University of Kent

    The University of Kent is a university within the London and South East University Group in Kent, England. It was an independent university from 1965, when it was founded by royal charter, to 2026, when it merged with the University of Greenwich to form LASE. Following the merger, Kent is formally an academic division within LASE, but continues to operate as a university, including recruiting students, teaching and granting degrees, under the branding of the University of Kent, under LASE's shared governance, management and academic board..

    3 km · public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Diocese of Canterbury

    The Diocese of Canterbury also referred to as the See of Canterbury is a Church of England diocese covering eastern Kent which was founded by St Augustine of Canterbury in 597. The diocese is centred on Canterbury Cathedral and is the oldest see of the Church of England.

    3.7 km · Church of England's diocese covering eastern Kent · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Canterbury Castle

    Canterbury Castle is a ruined Norman castle in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a five-minute walk from Canterbury East Station and the main bus station around City Wall.

    3.2 km · grade I listed castle in Canterbury, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Old Palace, Canterbury

    The Old Palace, also referred to as the Archbishop's Palace, is a historic building situated within the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral. It is the main residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury when in Canterbury.

    3.6 km · Grade I listed building in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Chair of St Augustine

    The Chair of St Augustine or Cathedra Augustini is the ceremonial enthronement cathedra of the archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.

    3.7 km · church building in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Museum of Canterbury

    The Canterbury Heritage Museum was a museum in Stour Street, Canterbury, South East England, telling the history of the city. It was housed in the 12th-century Poor Priests' Hospital next to the River Stour.

    3.3 km · local history museum, children's museum, heritage museum in Canterbury, Kent · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Church of St Mildred

    The Church of Saint Mildred is a partly Anglo-Saxon stone church in Canterbury probably dating from the 11th century. It has been a Grade I listed building since 1949.

    3.2 km · church in Canterbury, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Canterbury Roman Museum

    The Canterbury Roman Museum in Canterbury, Kent, houses a Roman pavement which is a scheduled monument, in the remains of a Roman courtyard house which itself is a grade I listed building. The pavement was discovered after World War II bombing, and has been open to the public since 1946.

    3.6 km · museum in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Upper Harbledown

Airports
London Gatwick (LGW), 86 km · London Stansted (STN), 86 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 105 km
Stations
Canterbury West railway station, 3.1 km · Chartham railway station, 3.3 km · Canterbury East railway station, 3.4 km
  • London → Upper Harbledown
    84 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £8–11
  • London, Essex → Upper Harbledown
    84 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £8–11
  • Luton, Luton → Upper Harbledown
    120 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £14–19
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Upper Harbledown

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundIt also gives advice on how best to see the city by bike, having put together several good guides to local rides, including on road, off road, and dedicated path routes.

From Wikivoyage: Canterbury (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    176 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    348 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    397 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    628 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    663 km

If you know how people move in Upper Harbledown – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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