Shottenden

Shottenden is a village in Chilham, Ashford, England. Shottenden is situated nearby to the village Chilham, as well as near Selling.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chilham Castle and Park Wood.

Chilham Castle

Castle

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Chilham Castle is a Jacobean manor house and keep in the village of Chilham, between Ashford and Canterbury in the county of Kent, England. The keep is of Norman origin and dates to 1174, although it may have been built on an older Anglo-Saxon fortification.

Park Wood

Forest

Park Wood is a 31.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Chilham in Kent. This wood is mainly hazel and hornbeam coppice with oak standards, and diverse shrub and ground layers.

Selling railway station

Railway station

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Selling railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Selling, Kent. It is 55 miles 18 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Faversham and Canterbury East. Selling railway station is situated 2 miles north of Shottenden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chilham and Selling.

Chilham

Village

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Chilham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England. It sits on the north bank of the Great Stour around 5+1⁄2 miles to the southwest of Canterbury and seven miles northeast of Ashford.