Wouldham
Wouldham is a village on the bank of the River Medway in Kent, England.
Wouldham is a village on the bank of the River Medway in Kent, England. In 2011 its population was approximately 1500, which has increased since 2017, with substantial housing development to the south of the village. It has an 11th-century church, two schools – a primary school and one for those with special educational needs, and two public houses, The Medway Inn and The Waterman's Arms.
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Worth seeing in and around Wouldham
9 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.
- 01Blue Bell Hill
Blue Bell Hill is a chalk hill between Maidstone and Rochester in the English county of Kent. It overlooks the River Medway and is part of the North Downs.
3.1 km · hill in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Mary's Church, Burham
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Burham, 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.
2.1 km · Grade I listed church in Burham, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Medway Viaducts
The Medway Viaducts are three bridges or viaducts that cross the River Medway between Cuxton and Borstal in north Kent, England. The two road bridges carry the M2 motorway carriageways.
3.1 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Nashenden Down
Nashenden Down is a 55-hectare nature reserve on the southern outskirts of Rochester in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust, and is in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
2.4 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Fort Borstal
Fort Borstal was built as an afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, by convict labour. Construction started in 1875 but was suspended in 1885.
3.2 km · fort in Medway, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Holborough Marshes
Holborough Marshes is a 35-hectare nature reserve on the outskirts of Snodland, south-west of Chatham in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.
1.5 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07All Saints Church, Snodland
All Saints’ Church is the parish church of Snodland in Kent, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
2.3 km · church in Snodland, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Burham Marsh
Burham Marsh nature reserve is an 11 hectare tidal Reed bed on the River Medway 5 miles northwest of Maidstone. It is just east of Snodland but being on the east bank of the river it is accessed via Burham.
2.5 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09St Benedict's Church, Paddlesworth
St Benedict's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Paddlesworth, 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.
3.4 km · church in Paddlesworth, Tonbridge and Malling District, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wouldham
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 50 km · London Stansted (STN), 61 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 65 km
- Stations
- Rochester Airport, 3.1 km · Halling railway station, 1 km · Cuxton railway station, 2.7 km · Snodland railway station, 2.3 km
- London → Wouldham44 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Wouldham44 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £5–7
- Luton, Luton → Wouldham84 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £10–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wouldham
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 Wouldham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Wouldham
Wouldham is 44 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.