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Delve into Chestfield
Chestfield in Kent (England) is located in United Kingdom about 52 mi (or 84 km) east of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Chestfield is now 08:30 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 12 airports close to Chestfield, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Kent International Airport in a distance of 12 mi (or 20 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church in a distance of 5 mi (or 9 km), South. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Ashford, Southend-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Upper Stoke and Canvey Island. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 51 °F
Morning Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
Evening Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
Night Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 78% |
Air Pressure | 1027 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 94% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
10°C (49 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
9°C (48 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
11°C (51 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
Hawks Lane Lodge
Hotel Continental
The Canterbury Hotel
Westgrange House B&B
The Retro B&B
Victoria
Falstaff
Sun Hotel
Best Western Abbots Barton Hotel
Videos from this area
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Man swallows Huge Oyster at the Whitstable Oyster Festival Eating Competition 2012 - so funny!!!
At the end of the Whitstable Oyster Festival Oyster eating competition, they decided to auction off a VERY large oyster for someone in the audience to eat on stage. Matthew immediately bid...
A Drive Thru Whitstable & Tankerton High Streets in Kent
A drive through Whitstable & Tankerton in Kent England May Bank Holiday 2011.
Key Travel - City in a Suitcase (A+C Studios - 2015)
A+C Studios (aplusc.tv) website and for more stop motion animation: http://aplusc.tv 'City in a Suitcase' is a stop motion advert created for travel management company Key Travel. The film...
Whitstable Tesco's to Herne Bay 'Thru The Bends' Kent
A steady drive from Whitstable Tesco's to Herne Bay 'thru the bends' Kent England 2011.
Key Travel - The Making of 'City in a Suitcase' (A+C Studios - 2015)
A+C Studios (aplusc.tv) website and for more stop motion animation: http://aplusc.tv The making of 'City in a Suitcase', a stop motion advert created for travel management company Key...
Whitstable Oyster Festival - Oyster shucking.
During the annual Whitstable Oyster Festival thousands of oysters are consumed. Here, Derrick West, working at Whitstable Harbour shows us how it's done.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Whitstable
Whitstable is a seaside town in Northeast Kent, Southeast England. It is approximately 8 kilometres north of the city of Canterbury and approximately 3 kilometres west of the seaside town of Herne Bay. It is part of the City of Canterbury district and has a population of about 30,000. Whitstable is famous for its oysters, which have been collected in the area since at least Roman times. The town itself dates back to before the writing of the Domesday Book.
Whitstable railway station
Whitstable railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Whitstable. Train services are provided by Southeastern. The first station on the line to serve the town was called Whitstable Town and was opened in 1860 and was sited about half mile west of the present station in Oxford Street. It was closed in 1915 when the present station was opened as Whitstable & Tankerton.
Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station
Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station, is a UK railway station on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, and serves Chestfield and Swalecliffe, villages which are now part of the built-up area between Whitstable and Herne Bay. Train services are provided by Southeastern. The station was originally opened as "Swalecliffe Halt" halt on 6 July 1930 by Southern Railway.
Briary Primary School
Briary Primary School - previously named Briary County Primary School, founded in 1973, is a small school which resides in Greenhill, Kent. The school teaches children from aged 4–11 their Primary education and prepares them for secondary education.
Whitstable Harbour railway station
|} Whitstable Harbour railway station was the name of the disused railway station serving Whitstable the terminus of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway. The line approached the harbour between Station Road and Clare Road, before curving west to the Harbour station around Tower Parade, and then the railway continued onto the harbour itself.
Hampton-on-Sea
Hampton-on-Sea was a drowned and abandoned village in what is now the Hampton area of Herne Bay, Kent. It grew from a tiny fishing hamlet in 1864 at the hands of an oyster fishery company, was developed from 1879 by land agents, abandoned in 1916 and finally drowned due to coastal erosion by 1921. All that now remains is the stub of the original pier, the Hampton Inn, and the rocky arc of Hampton-on-Sea's ruined coastal defence visible at low tide.
Hampton, Herne Bay
Hampton, Herne Bay is the coastal west end of Herne Bay, Kent. Formerly the site of the village of Hampton-on-Sea, the settlement is now underwater due to coastal erosion, but it was on the west side of the northern end of Hampton Pier Avenue, between the 1959 sea defences and the remains of the sea wall which are exposed at low water in Hampton bay.
Radfall
Radfall is a hamlet between Whitstable and Canterbury, in southeast England. It lies between the Thanet Way and Thornden Wood, in the Canterbury district of Kent.