Fort · West Malling · Kent

St Leonards Tower

St Leonards Tower is a grade I listed tower in West Malling, Kent. The site is kept up by English Heritage. Our list has 60 more places within 15 km; first among them is Rochester Cathedral, at 13 km.

Photo: St Leonards Tower, Simon Burchell (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In West Malling

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 13%

#1,081 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Fort in West Malling

Inside West Malling

St Leonards Tower is inside West Malling’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; West Malling has 168 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The year in West Malling

Aim for May to September, when West Malling reaches 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°71 mm

Feb8° / 2°54 mm

Mar11° / 3°46 mm

Apr14° / 5°49 mm

May17° / 8°49 mm

Jun20° / 10°50 mm

Jul23° / 13°45 mm

Aug22° / 13°60 mm

Sep19° / 10°54 mm

Oct15° / 8°79 mm

Nov11° / 5°80 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in West Malling, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for West Malling. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. West Malling’s full climate →

About

St Leonards Tower

Wikipedia covers it in 5 languages.

West Malling’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in West Malling
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/st-leonards-tower

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The area around St Leonards Tower

The map puts St Leonards Tower in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Largest of the 8 is Larkfield, home to 26,147. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

West Malling

4,251 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 800 m south of it

Kings Hill

9,963 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km northeast of it

Larkfield

26,147 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 1.5 km west of it

Offham

460 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where St Leonards Tower is	People	Places to visit
West Malling	It’s in town	4,251	7
Kings Hill	800 m south of it	9,963	9
Larkfield	1.5 km northeast of it	26,147	16
Offham	1.5 km west of it	460	7
Ryarsh	2.4 km north of it	491	5
Addington	2.4 km northwest of it	547	5
Wrotham Heath	3.1 km west of it	545	7
Wateringbury	3.3 km south of it	2,248	4

Make a day of it

Close to St Leonards Tower

There are 60 within 15 km, 4 castles, 2 historic houses and a cathedral among them.

CathedralRochester Cathedral13 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle13 km away 3

CastleLeybourne Castle2.2 km away 4

CastleMereworth Castle3.9 km away 5

Historic house · National TrustKnole House14 km away 6

Museum · National TrustColdrum Long Barrow4.2 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustIghtham Mote9.8 km away 8

CastleAllington Castle7.6 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Your questions on St Leonards Tower

Where is St Leonards Tower?

St Leonards Tower is in West Malling, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is St Leonards Tower?

Grade I listed tower in West Malling, Kent, England, UK.

Who runs St Leonards Tower?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit St Leonards Tower?

May to September are the warmest months in West Malling, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is St Leonards Tower a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near St Leonards Tower?

Within 15 km: Rochester Cathedral (13 km), Rochester Castle (13 km), Leybourne Castle (2.2 km) and Mereworth Castle (3.9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

St Leonards Tower: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Cathedral: Raggatt2000, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leybourne Castle: Glen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mereworth Castle: Antonio Visentini / Francesco Zuccarelli, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Knole House: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coldrum Long Barrow: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ightham Mote: Brian Snelson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Allington Castle: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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