Church of St Thomas à Becket

#2279 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Church of St Thomas à Becket is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Capel, 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. Capel is located 4 miles east of Tonbridge, off the B2017 road. It is said that Thomas Becket preached either in the church, or under a yew tree in the churchyard. ()

Coordinates: 51°10'35"N, 0°20'28"E

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Church LnTonbridge TN12 6SX EnglandUnited Kingdom

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+44 1892 836653

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Day trips

Church of St Thomas à Becket – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tonbridge Swimming Pool, Tonbridge Castle, Hop Farm, Dunorlan Park.

3.3 miNW
Watersports, Spa, Swimming pool
Tonbridge Swimming Pool, Tonbridge
84 min walk • Tonbridge Swimming Pool is a swimming pool in Tonbridge, Kent. It has an indoor teaching and toddler pool, plus a fitness pool joined to a heated outdoor pool or lido linked by a swim-through channel.
3.2 miNW
View point, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge
83 min walk • Tonbridge Castle is the 13th century castle that is situated in Tonbridge, Kent, England.
3 miNE
Farm, Theme park, Amusement park
Hop Farm, Paddock Wood
76 min walk • The Hop Farm Family Park is a 400-acre Country Park in Beltring, near East Peckham in Kent, England, is over 450 years old, and has the largest collection of oast houses in the world.
4 miSW
Park
Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells
102 min walk • Dunorlan Park is a park and grounds in Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK. Totalling approximately 78 acres and containing a 6-acre lake, the grounds were landscaped by Robert Marnock for Henry Reed, the merchant and philanthropist who owned the estate and the now-demolished house that once overlooked it.
2.4 miS
Church
St Anselm's Church, Pembury
61 min walk • St Anselm's Church is a Roman Catholic church which is part of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Pembury, Kent, England.
1.1 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
All Saints' Church, Tonbridge
29 min walk • All Saints' Church in Tudeley, Kent, England, is the only church in the world that has all its windows in stained glass designed by Marc Chagall.
3.6 miSW
Park
Hilbert Woods, Tunbridge Wells
93 min walk • Hilbert Woods is a 14.3-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Tunbridge Wells in Kent. It is owned by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and managed by Kent High Weald Project and the Friends of Grosvenor and Hilbert Park.
4.2 miW
Lake, Park
Haysden Country Park, Tonbridge
107 min walk • Haysden Country Park is a 64-hectare country park and Local Nature Reserve on the outskirts of Tonbridge in Kent. It is owned by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, the Highways Agency, Network Rail and the Environment Agency, and managed by the council.
3.2 miN
Church, Gothic architecture
St. Mary's Church, Hadlow
83 min walk • St Mary's Church is the parish church in Hadlow, Kent, United Kingdom. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
3 miSW
Park
Barnett's Wood, Tunbridge Wells
78 min walk • Barnett's Wood is a 12.4-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Southborough, on the northern outskirts of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. It is owned by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and managed by Kent High Weald Project and the Friends of Barnett’s Wood.
4 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Oast Theatre, Tonbridge
102 min walk • The Oast Theatre is situated on the outskirts of Tonbridge, Kent. It is a small theatre that is based in an old oast house. It is home to the Tonbridge Theatre and Arts Club. The theatre seats 112 people.