Beacon Wood Country Park, Dartford

Name: Beacon Wood Country Park
Address: Southfleet Road, Dartford, DA2 8BS, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in Dartford

Nature and wildlife, Park, Relax in park, Forest

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Beacon Wood Country Park is a public woodland in Bean near Dartford, in Kent, England. It was previously an industrial claypit then re-claimed as woodland park open to the public, currently owned by Lafarge. ()

Created: 1991Elevation: 272 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°25'18"N, 0°17'21"E

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Southfleet RoadBeanDartford DA2 8BS United Kingdom

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Beacon Wood Country Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bluewater Shopping Centre, Hesketh Park, Ingress Abbey, Church of St Margaret of Antioch.

1.4 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Bluewater Shopping Centre, Dartford
37 min walk • Bluewater Shopping Centre is an out-of-town shopping centre in Stone, Kent, England, outside the M25 motorway, 17.8 miles east south east of London's centre.
2.6 miNW
Park, Playground, Sport venue
Hesketh Park, Dartford
67 min walk • Hesketh Park is a cricket ground in Dartford in Kent. The ground is the home of Dartford Cricket Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs in the United Kingdom.
2.1 miN
Forts and castles
Ingress Abbey
54 min walk • Ingress Abbey was a Neo-gothic Jacobean-style country house in Greenhithe, Kent, England. It was built on the Ingress Estate, owned by the Viscount Duncannon in the 18th century and after having been passed on among many owners the buildings were demolished in 1820.
2 miW
Church
Church of St Margaret of Antioch
52 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.
2.4 miW
Monastery
St John's Jerusalem
62 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.
1.7 miW
Park
Darenth Country Park, Dartford
43 min walk • Darenth Country Park is in Darenth near Dartford, in Kent, England. On the site of a former demolished hospital site Darenth Park Hospital, also the site of a scheduled ancient monument and the site of ancient Saxon burials.
1.5 miNW
Village
Greenhithe
38 min walk • Greenhithe is a town in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. It is located 3+1⁄2 miles east of Dartford and 4+1⁄2 miles west of Gravesend.
3.3 miNW
51°26'37"N • 0°13'13"E
What If Gallery, Dartford
85 min walk • Shopping, Museum
1.7 miNE
Town, Area
Swanscombe, Northfleet
44 min walk • Swanscombe is a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. It is 4.4 miles west of Gravesend and 4.8 miles east of Dartford.
1.7 miN
Park
Swanscombe Heritage Park, Northfleet
44 min walk • Swanscombe Skull Site or Swanscombe Heritage Park is a 3.9 hectares geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Swanscombe in north-west Kent, England. It contains two Geological Conservation Review sites and a National Nature Reserve. The park lies in a former gravel quarry, Barnfield Pit.
1.6 miN
Forts and castles
Stone Castle
41 min walk • Stone Castle is a castle at Stone, near Bluewater in Kent, England. It was built between 1135 and 1140 on the site where William the Conqueror signed a treaty with the men of Kent in 1067.