Oldbury rock shelters, Kent Downs

Name: Oldbury rock shelters
Address: Kent Downs, United Kingdom

#26 among attractions in Kent Downs

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The Oldbury rock shelters are a complex of Middle Palaeolithic sites situated on the slopes of Oldbury hillfort near Ightham in the English county of Kent. ()

Coordinates: 51°17'10"N, 0°16'10"E

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Kent Downs United Kingdom

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Day trips

Oldbury rock shelters – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Knole House, Ightham Mote, Otford Palace, Oldbury Camp.

3.1 miSW
History museum, Museum, Historical place
Knole House, Sevenoaks
80 min walk • Knole House, nestled in the lush greenery of Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, is a quintessential example of England's rich architectural heritage. This stately home, with its origins dating back to the mid-15th century, stands as a testament to the country's storied past.
1.9 miS
History museum, Museum, Architecture
Ightham Mote, Sevenoaks
48 min walk • Nestled in the verdant landscape of Ivy Hatch near Sevenoaks, Ightham Mote is an architectural gem that beckons visitors to step back in time. This remarkable example of a medieval moated manor house, with its origins dating back to the 14th century, is a testament...
3.8 miNW
Palace
Otford Palace
97 min walk • Otford Palace, also known as the Archbishop's Palace, is in Otford, an English village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent. The village is located on the River Darent, flowing north down its valley from its source on the North Downs. The King of Mercia, Offa, fought the Kentish Saxons in 776 at the Battle of Otford.
0.6 miSW
Archaeological site
Oldbury Camp, Kent Downs
15 min walk • Oldbury Camp is the largest Iron Age hill fort in south-eastern England. It was built in the 1st century BC by Celtic British tribes on a hilltop west of Ightham, Kent, in a strategic location overlooking routes through the Kentish Weald.
3.3 miW
Sport, Sport venue
Vine Cricket Ground, Sevenoaks
85 min walk • The Vine Cricket Ground, also known as Sevenoaks Vine, is one of the oldest cricket venues in England. It was given to the town of Sevenoaks in Kent in 1773 by John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset and owner of nearby Knole House. The land is thought to have possibly been used as a vineyard for the Archbishops of Canterbury.
4.4 miE
51°18'6"N • 0°22'2"E
West Malling Golf Club, West Malling
112 min walk • Golf
4 miNW
Park
Fackenden Down, Kent Downs
102 min walk • Fackenden Down is a 14-hectare nature reserve north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.
2.7 miNW
Park
Kemsing Down, Kemsing
70 min walk • Kemsing Down is a 16-hectare nature reserve north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. It is in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Habitats in this downland site include ancient and secondary woodland, scrub and chalk grassland.
1.2 miS
Park
Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve, Kent Downs
31 min walk • Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve in Ivy Hatch, north of Tonbridge in Kent, is a 0.5-hectare reserve managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. Several streams run through this small site, and there are many wetland plants, including sphagnum moss. There are many common spotted orchids, and trees such as alders and hazels.
3.5 miN
Windmill
West Kingsdown Windmill, Kent Downs
91 min walk • West Kingsdown Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, that was built in the early nineteenth century at Farningham and moved to West Kingsdown in 1880. It is the survivor of a pair of windmills.
3.8 miSW
Garden, Park, Forest
Riverhill House, Sevenoaks
97 min walk • Riverhill House is a Grade II listed rag-stone Queen Anne manor house located on the southern edge of Sevenoaks in Kent, England.

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Train

Kemsing (32 min walk)