Gad's Hill School, Strood

#9 among attractions in Strood

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Gad's Hill School in Higham, Kent, England, was formerly Gads Hill Place, the country home of Charles Dickens. It became an independent school for day pupils in 1924. ()

Coordinates: 51°24'40"N, 0°27'28"E

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HighamStrood United Kingdom

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Gad's Hill School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Great Crabbles Wood, Rede Common, Thames and Medway Canal, Gads Hill Place.

0.6 miSW
Forest
Great Crabbles Wood, Strood
16 min walk • Great Crabbles Wood is a 33-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Rochester in Kent. Most of the wood is mixed coppice, with sweet chestnut dominant and oak standards.
1.2 miSE
Park
Rede Common, Strood
31 min walk • Rede Common is a 11.2-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Strood in Kent. It is owned and managed by Medway Council in partnership with Friends of Rede Common.
1 miE
Canal
Thames and Medway Canal, Strood
27 min walk • The Thames and Medway Canal is a disused canal in Kent, south east England, also known as the Gravesend and Rochester Canal. It was originally some 11 km long and cut across the neck of the Hoo peninsula, linking the River Thames at Gravesend with the River Medway at Strood.
~90 ftSW
Memorial, Architecture, Historical place
Gads Hill Place
1 min walk • Gads Hill Place in Higham, Kent, sometimes spelt Gadshill Place and Gad's Hill Place, was the country home of Charles Dickens, the most successful British author of the Victorian era. Today the building is the independent Gad's Hill School.
1.3 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Heron Trail
32 min walk • The Heron Trail is 15 ¹⁄₂-mile long cycling trail that links with National Cycle Route 1 between Higham and Strood, then it heads around the Hoo Peninsula via Regional route 18 passing through 'Hoo St Werburgh', 'High Halstow' and 'Cliffe' before returning to Higham.