Blue Bell Hill, Kent Downs

Name: Blue Bell Hill
Address: Kent Downs, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in Kent Downs

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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. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries much of the hill was quarried for chalk. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°20'6"N, 0°29'47"E

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Kent Downs United Kingdom

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Blue Bell Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kit's Coty House, Westfield Wood, Coffin Stone, Lower Bell.

1.1 miS
Historical place, Ruins, Museum
Kit's Coty House, Aylesford
28 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.
1.5 miSE
Park
Westfield Wood, Maidstone
39 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.
1.2 miS
Museum, Archaeological site
Coffin Stone
31 min walk • The Coffin Stone, also known as the Coffin and the Table Stone, is a large sarsen stone at the foot of Blue Bell Hill near Aylesford in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Now lying horizontally, the stone probably once stood upright nearby.
1.3 miSE
Nightlife
Lower Bell, Aylesford
33 min walk • The Lower Bell is a pub on the A229 Blue Bell Hill, between Chatham and Maidstone in Kent. It is located at the edge of the North Downs where the A229 meets the Pilgrims' Way. A pub has existed in the general area since around 1790, when the A229 was a turnpike road for coaches.
~1130 ftW
Park
Burham Down, Gillingham
6 min walk • Burham Down is a 110-hectare nature reserve between Maidstone and Chatham in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.
0.6 miSE
Tunnel
North Downs Tunnel, Kent Downs
15 min walk • The North Downs Tunnel, also known as the Blue Bell Hill Tunnel, is a railway tunnel that carries High Speed 1 through the North Downs, at Blue Bell Hill near Maidstone in Kent, south-east England.