Burham Marsh, Snodland

Name: Burham Marsh
Address: Snodland, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Snodland

Protected area, Nature, Park, Relax in park

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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. It is part the Holborough to Wouldham Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest. ()

Elevation: 10 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°19'38"N, 0°27'30"E

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Snodland United Kingdom

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Day trips

Burham Marsh – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kent Life, Kit's Coty House, Mytime Active at Cobtree Manor Park Golf Course, Leybourne Lakes Country Park.

2.9 miSE
Museum, Farm
Kent Life, Maidstone
75 min walk • Kent Life is an English open-air museum located at Sandling, next to Allington Locks, on the east bank of the River Medway.
2 miE
Historical place, Ruins, Museum
Kit's Coty House, Aylesford
51 min walk • Kit's Coty House or Kit's Coty is a chambered long barrow near the village of Aylesford in the southeastern English county of Kent. Constructed circa 4000 BCE, during the Early Neolithic period of British prehistory, today it survives in a ruined state.
2.7 miSE
51°18'12"N • 0°30'30"E
Mytime Active at Cobtree Manor Park Golf Course, Maidstone
70 min walk • Golf
1 miSW
Park
Leybourne Lakes Country Park
25 min walk • Leybourne Lakes Country Park is near Snodland, in Kent, England. The park, which opened in 2004, was created from disused gravel pits that have been flooded and landscaped to make fishing and wildlife lakes.
2.7 miE
Park
Westfield Wood, Maidstone
69 min walk • Westfield Wood is a 5-hectare nature reserve north of Maidstone in Kent, which is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. It is part of the Wouldham to Detling Escarpment Site of Special Scientific Interest and Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.
2.9 miSE
Park
Tyland Barn, Maidstone
73 min walk • Tyland Barn, north of Maidstone, is the headquarters of the Kent Wildlife Trust. It has a nature park which is designed to show the variety of habitats in the county, such as a pond, grassland, a chalk bank, a shingle beach, scrub and hedges.
1.9 miE
Museum
Medway Megaliths, Maidstone
50 min walk • The Medway Megaliths, sometimes termed the Kentish Megaliths, are a group of Early Neolithic chambered long barrows and other megalithic monuments located in the lower valley of the River Medway in Kent, South-East England.
1.7 miE
Archaeological site
Blue Bell Hill, Kent Downs
45 min walk • 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. Settlements on the hill include the Walderslade suburb of Chatham and the villages of Blue Bell Hill and Kit's Coty.
1.8 miS
Monastery
Aylesford Priory, Maidstone
46 min walk • Aylesford Priory, or "The Friars" was founded in 1242 when members of the Carmelite order arrived in England from Mount Carmel in the Holy Land. Richard de Grey, a crusader, sponsored them, and conveyed to the order a parcel of land located on his manor in Aylesford in Kent.
2.5 miS
Park
Ditton Quarry, Maidstone
65 min walk • Ditton Quarry is a 5.6-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Ditton, on the north-western outskirts of Maidstone in Kent. It is owned and managed by Ditton Parish Council. This former quarry has grassland and scrub, with diverse fauna including butterflies, foxes, rabbits, frogs, toads and newts. The meadow is rich in wild flowers.
2 miE
Archaeological site
Little Kit's Coty House
52 min walk • Little Kit's Coty House, also known as Lower Kit's Coty House and the Countless Stones, is a chambered long barrow located near to the village of Aylesford in the southeastern English county of Kent.