Ditton Quarry, Maidstone

Name: Ditton Quarry
Address: Maidstone, United Kingdom

#29 among attractions in Maidstone

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Facts and practical information

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. ()

Elevation: 69 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°17'26"N, 0°27'33"E

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Day trips

Ditton Quarry – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kent Life, Gallagher Stadium, Mytime Active at Cobtree Manor Park Golf Course, North Downs Way.

2.1 miE
Museum, Farm
Kent Life, Maidstone
53 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.
2.6 miE
Arenas and stadiums, Sport, Sport venue
Gallagher Stadium, Maidstone
66 min walk • Gallagher Stadium is a football stadium built for the National League South club Maidstone United. The stadium opened in 2012 when the club hosted Brighton & Hove Albion in a friendly.
2.3 miNE
51°18'12"N • 0°30'30"E
Mytime Active at Cobtree Manor Park Golf Course, Maidstone
59 min walk • Golf
2.6 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
North Downs Way
68 min walk • The North Downs Way National Trail is a long-distance path in southern England, opened in 1978. It runs from Farnham to Dover, past Guildford, Dorking, Merstham, Otford and Rochester, along the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Kent Downs AONB.
1.9 miN
Park
Leybourne Lakes Country Park
49 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.
2.3 miE
Forts and castles
Allington Castle, Maidstone
58 min walk • Allington Castle is a stone-built moated castle in Allington, Kent, just north of Maidstone, in England. The first castle on the site was an unauthorised fortification, built during "The Anarchy" and torn down later in the century when royal control was reasserted.
2.3 miE
Hiking trail, Hiking
Medway Valley Walk, Maidstone
58 min walk • The Medway Valley Walk follows the River Medway from Rochester to Tonbridge. Above Allington, it follows the bank of the Medway Navigation. It starts on the Saxon Shore Way at Rochester. The North Downs Way crosses the Medway Valley Walk at the eastern end of the Medway Viaduct or motorway bridge.
2.6 miNE
Park
Tyland Barn, Maidstone
68 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.
2.5 miNE
Museum
Medway Megaliths, Maidstone
65 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.
2.5 miW
Architecture, Tower
St Leonard's Tower, West Malling
63 min walk • St Leonard's Tower is a probable Norman keep in West Malling, in the county of Kent, England. The tower was probably built by Gundulf, the Bishop of Rochester, between 1077 and 1108. It was a three-storey building, constructed of local stone, and would have stood at least 22 metres high.
1 miNE
Monastery
Aylesford Priory, Maidstone
26 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.

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How to get to Ditton Quarry by public transport?

The nearest stations to Ditton Quarry:

Train

Aylesford (21 min walk)
East Malling (23 min walk)