Aylesford Pit, Aylesford

Name: Aylesford Pit
Address: Aylesford, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Aylesford

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Aylesford Pit is a 1.5-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Maidstone in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. ()

Coordinates: 51°18'29"N, 0°28'52"E

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AylesfordAylesford United Kingdom

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Aylesford Pit – 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, Medway Megaliths.

1.3 miSE
Museum, Farm
Kent Life, Maidstone
34 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.
1.3 miNE
Historical place, Ruins, Museum
Kit's Coty House, Aylesford
32 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.
1.2 miE
51°18'12"N • 0°30'30"E
Mytime Active at Cobtree Manor Park Golf Course, Maidstone
32 min walk • Golf
1 miNE
Museum
Medway Megaliths, Maidstone
26 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.
0.5 miSW
Monastery
Aylesford Priory, Maidstone
14 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.
1.5 miSW
Park
Ditton Quarry, Maidstone
40 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.
1 miNE
Archaeological site
Little Kit's Coty House
27 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.
0.9 miNE
Museum, Archaeological site
Coffin Stone
24 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.
1.4 miNE
Nightlife
Lower Bell, Aylesford
35 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.

Aylesford Pit, Aylesford

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Aylesford Pit – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)