Willesborough
Willesborough is a residential suburb, on the eastern side of Ashford, in the county of Kent, England.

Willesborough is a residential suburb, on the eastern side of Ashford, in the county of Kent, England.
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Worth seeing in and around Willesborough
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.
- 01Ashford Designer Outlet
The Ashford Designer Outlet is a shopping centre in Ashford, Kent, England. The McArthurGlen Ashford Designer Outlet was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership and engineers Buro Happold, and opened in March 2000.
1.3 km · Designer shopping centre based in Ashford, Kent · Wikipedia - 02Christ Church, Ashford
Christ Church is in the town of Ashford, Kent, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ashford, the archdeaconry of Maidstone, and the diocese of Canterbury.
1.8 km · grade II listed church in Ashford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Mary's Parish Church, Ashford
St Mary's Parish Church, also known as the Church of St Mary the Virgin, in Ashford, Kent, England, dates to the late 13th century. It is a Grade I listed.
2 km · Grade I listed church in Ashford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Ashford Steam Centre
Ashford Steam Centre was a short-lived railway museum at Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom. It was located at the former engine shed that was situated east of Ashford railway station.
1.4 km · closed railway museum in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Ashford Warren and Hoads Wood
Ashford Warren and Hoads Wood is a 34.5-hectare nature reserve north of Ashford in Kent. It is owned by Ashford Borough Council and managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.
3.3 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Conningbrook Lakes Country Park
Conningbrook Lakes Country Park is a 34.3-hectare nature reserve in Kennington, Ashford in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.
1.9 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Willesborough
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 75 km · London Stansted (STN), 95 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 101 km
- Stations
- RAF Kingsnorth, 3.8 km
- London → Willesborough82 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £9–11
- London, Essex → Willesborough82 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £9–11
- Luton, Luton → Willesborough122 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £14–19
- 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 Willesborough
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 Willesborough. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA small airport with its own airline LyddAir which offers charter flights.
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Next door to Willesborough
- Ashfordtown in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England2.1 km
- Kingsnorthvillage and civil parish in Ashford, Kent, UK3.3 km
- Mershamvillage in Kent, England, UK3.5 km
- Kenningtonsuburb and civil parish in Ashford, Kent, UK3.2 km
- Stanhopecivil parish in Ashford, Kent, UK3 km
- Sevingtonvillage in Sevington with Finberry, Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom1.5 km