Scheduled monuments in Maidstone, Maidstone

Name: Scheduled monuments in Maidstone
Address: Maidstone, United Kingdom

#33 among attractions in Maidstone

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Scheduled monuments in Maidstone, Maidstone

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There are 27 scheduled monuments in Maidstone, Kent, England. In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is an archaeological site or historic building of "national importance" that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Historic England takes the leading role in identifying such sites. Scheduled monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. They are also referred to as scheduled ancient monuments. There are about 20,000 scheduled monument entries on the list and more than one site can be included in a single entry. While a scheduled monument can also be recognised as a listed building, Historic England considers listed building status as a better way of protecting buildings than scheduled monument status. If a monument is considered by Historic England to "no longer merit scheduling" it can be removed from the schedule. ()

Coordinates: 51°18'54"N, 0°30'53"E

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AylesfordMaidstone United Kingdom

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Scheduled monuments in Maidstone – 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, Westfield Wood.

1.3 miS
Museum, Farm
Kent Life, Maidstone
33 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.
0.6 miNW
Historical place, Ruins, Museum
Kit's Coty House, Aylesford
16 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.
0.8 miS
51°18'12"N • 0°30'30"E
Mytime Active at Cobtree Manor Park Golf Course, Maidstone
22 min walk • Golf
~1560 ftNE
Park
Westfield Wood, Maidstone
8 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.
0.6 miS
Park
Tyland Barn, Maidstone
16 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.
0.7 miW
Museum
Medway Megaliths, Maidstone
17 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.
0.6 miW
Archaeological site
Little Kit's Coty House
15 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.
0.8 miW
Museum, Archaeological site
Coffin Stone
22 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.
~1890 ftNW
Nightlife
Lower Bell, Aylesford
10 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.
1.1 miSE
Monastery
Boxley Abbey, Maidstone
28 min walk • Boxley Abbey in Boxley, Kent, England was a Cistercian monastery founded c.1146 by William of Ypres, leader of King Stephen's Flemish mercenaries, and colonised by monks from Clairvaux Abbey in France.
~220 ftSE
Archaeological site
White Horse Stone
2 min walk • The White Horse Stone is a name given to two separate sarsen megaliths on the slopes of Blue Bell Hill, near the village of Aylesford in the south-eastern English county of Kent.

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Which popular attractions are close to Scheduled monuments in Maidstone?

Nearby attractions include Westfield Wood, Maidstone (8 min walk), Boxley Warren, Maidstone (14 min walk), Kit's Coty House, Aylesford (16 min walk), Tyland Barn, Maidstone (16 min walk).