Swanley Park

#2321 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Swanley New Barn Railway is a 7+1⁄4 in gauge railway located in Swanley Park, Swanley, Kent, United Kingdom. It is signalled throughout with the signals being controlled from New Barn Station which also serves as a terminus. ()

Elevation: 197 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°24'18"N, 0°10'26"E

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New Barn RoadSwanley BR8 7PW EnglandUnited Kingdom

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Swanley Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hall Place and Gardens, Eynsford Castle, Foots Cray Meadows, Lullingstone Roman Villa.

3 miN
Museum, History museum, Architecture
Hall Place and Gardens, London
78 min walk • Hall Place is a stately home in the London Borough of Bexley in south-east London, built in 1537 for Sir John Champneys, a wealthy merchant and former Lord Mayor of London.
2.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Eynsford Castle, Dartford
75 min walk • Eynsford Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in Eynsford, Kent. Built on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon stone burh, the castle was constructed by William de Enysford, probably between 1085 and 1087, to protect the lands of Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, from Odo, the Bishop of Bayeux.
2.5 miNW
Park
Foots Cray Meadows, London
64 min walk • Foots Cray Meadows is an area of parkland and woodland 97 hectares in size, within the London Borough of Bexley, England. It borders the suburbs of Albany Park, Sidcup, Foots Cray, North Cray and Ruxley.
3 miS
History museum, Museum, Historical place
Lullingstone Roman Villa, Sevenoaks
77 min walk • Lullingstone Roman Villa is a villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain, situated in Lullingstone near the village of Eynsford in Kent, south eastern England.
3.1 miNE
Music and shows, Nightlife, Concerts and shows
The Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford
80 min walk • The Mick Jagger Centre is a performing arts venue in Dartford, Kent, England, UK, within the grounds of Dartford Grammar School. It is named after the Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, who was a pupil at the school. It has two main stages and holds theatre workshops in the summer.
3.1 miE
Church
Church of St Margaret of Antioch
80 min walk • The Church of St Margaret of Antioch at Darenth, Kent, is a church with Norman origins thought to be the third oldest in Kent and the sixth oldest in the United Kingdom. It is a Grade I listed building. The chancel and nave are late 10th century or early 11th century. The sanctuary is early 12th century.
0.9 miNW
51°24'50"N • 0°9'37"E
Birchwood Park Golf & Country Club, Dartford
22 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
2.8 miE
Monastery
St John's Jerusalem
71 min walk • St John's Jerusalem or Sutton-at-Hone Preceptory is a National Trust property at Sutton-at-Hone, Kent, England which includes the 13th century chapel of the Knights Hospitaller and a garden moated by the River Darent. It is open to the public on Wednesday afternoons from April to October.
3 miN
Nightlife, Music and shows, Music venue
Black Prince, London
77 min walk • The Black Prince is a hotel in the London Borough of Bexley, contained in a landscaped part of the intersection of the A2 dual carriageway. The intersection is for Bexley and much of Bexleyheath. At first it was a public house with function rooms.
3.3 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, Reportedly haunted
Dartford Library, Dartford
84 min walk • Dartford Central Library and Museum is a library in the town centre of Dartford, Kent, England. The library was opened on 1 January 1916 by A. W. Smale, Chairman of the Dartford Urban District Council, and W. A. Ward, the Chairman of the Library Committee.
2.3 miN
Park
Dartford Heath, Dartford
58 min walk • Dartford Heath Common is an area of open heathland situated to the south-west of Dartford, Kent, England, covering around 314 acres of open space.