Allington Castle
Allington Castle is a stone castle in Allington, Kent, just north of Maidstone, in England. The first castle on the site was an unauthorised fortification, built during "The Anarchy" and torn down later in the century when royal control was reasserted.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kent Life and Boxley Abbey.
Kent Life
Kent Life is a farm park located at Sandling near Maidstone, next to Allington Locks on the east bank of the River Medway. It once operated as an open-air museum, before rebranding as a heritage farm park. It was renamed as "Kent Life" in 2009. Kent Life is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Allington Castle.Boxley Abbey
Archaeological site
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Boxley Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Sandling, near Maidstone in Kent, England. It sits at the foot of the North Downs and falls within the parish of Boxley. Boxley Abbey is situated 4,000 feet northeast of Allington Castle.
Gallagher Stadium
Stadium
Gallagher Stadium is a football stadium in Maidstone, Kent, England, which has been the home of Maidstone United Football Club since its opening in 2012, when the club hosted Brighton & Hove Albion in a friendly. Gallagher Stadium is situated 1 mile south of Allington Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ringlestone and Allington.
Ringlestone
Suburb
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Ringlestone is a suburb and housing estate in the town of Maidstone, Kent, England. It is on the eastern side of the River Medway, near Allington, 1.2 miles north of Maidstone town centre.
Allington
Suburb
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Allington is an almost entirely modern village situated alongside the sides of the A20 road north-west of Maidstone in Kent, England. It is part of the built-up area of Maidstone.
Allington Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: stone-built moated castle in Allington, England
- Categories: English country house, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Maidstone, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Allington Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Allington Castle”
- Danish: “Allington Castle”
- German: “Allington Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת אלינגטון”
- Japanese: “アリントン城”
- Swedish: “Allington Castle”
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