--- title: "Wye – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Wye, United Kingdom: village. Nearby: Wye College, All Saints’ Church, Boughton Aluph, Olantigh. Every way there from the planner, and what we have not…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wye" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wye.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Village · United Kingdom · England # Wye What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Wye 5 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. Wye College The College of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye, commonly known as Wye College, was an education and research institution in the village of Wye, Kent. In 1447, Cardinal John Kempe founded his chantry there which also educated local children. 200 m · college in Wye, Kent, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wye_College) 2. All Saints’ Church, Boughton Aluph All Saints' Church is a 13th-century pilgrims' Grade I listed church in Boughton Aluph near Ashford, Kent. It is part of the Church of England. 2.5 km · church in Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Boughton_Aluph) 3. Olantigh Olantigh is an English house 1 mile north of Wye in the civil parish of Wye with Hinxhill, in Kent, England. The garden terraces and towered stable block were Grade II listed in 1989 and extend to 20 acres, beside the Great Stour river. 1.9 km · country house in Wye with Hinxhill, Kent, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olantigh) 4. Conningbrook 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. 4 km · park in United Kingdom · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conningbrook_Lakes_Country_Park) 5. Saint Christopher's Church, Boughton Lees Saint Christopher's Church is a mediaeval Grade II listed church in Boughton Lees near Ashford, Kent, part of the Church of England. The building was originally a mediaeval hall house. 3.3 km · church in Boughton Lees, Kent, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher%27s_Church,_Boughton_Lees) 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 Wye **Airports:** London Gatwick (LGW), 78 km · London Stansted (STN), 92 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 102 km\ **Stations:** Wye railway station, 600 m\ - London → Wye 82 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £9–12 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-wye) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Wye) - London, Essex → Wye 82 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £9–12 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-essex-to-wye) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London%2C+Essex&to=Wye) - Luton, Luton → Wye 122 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · £14–19 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/luton-luton-to-wye) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Luton%2C+Luton&to=Wye) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Wye) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Wye 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 Wye. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in A small airport with its own airline LyddAir which offers charter flights. From [Wikivoyage: Ashford (England)](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ashford_(England%29), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 166 km 2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 360 km 3. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 391 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 633 km 5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 668 km If you know how people move in Wye – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cwye&title=Wye&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fwye), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Wye - [Brook](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/brook) village and civil parish in the Ashford borough of Kent, England 2.7 km - [Boughton Aluph](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/boughton-aluph) village in Kent, England, UK 2.5 km - [Kennington](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kennington) suburb and civil parish in Ashford, Kent, UK 4 km - [Crundale](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/crundale) village and civil parish in Kent, England 3.5 km - [Wye with Hinxhill](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wye-with-hinxhill) civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom 300 m - [Boughton Lees](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/boughton-lees) village in Kent, England, UK 3.1 km [The place page for Wye](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/wye) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wye, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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