Trips from Leysdown-on-Sea, starting with Eastchurch Aviation Museum
The best-known day out from Leysdown-on-Sea is Canterbury Cathedral, 17 km away. There is no place to visit inside Leysdown-on-Sea’s built-up area; there are 2 within 5 km of its edge. Look for a museum and an attraction.
The best known around Leysdown-on-Sea
After Eastchurch Aviation Museum comes an attraction.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped around Leysdown-on-Sea
Furthest out is Eastchurch Aviation Museum, at 5.2 km.
The dashed line is Leysdown-on-Sea’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What sort of places
The list holds a museum and an attraction.
Green: inside Leysdown-on-Sea. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All the places to visit
Here are the 2 places within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
Days out
Canterbury Cathedral, at 17 km, heads the 12 day trips.
CathedralCanterbury Cathedral17 km southeast
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSaint Augustine's Abbey18 km southeast
CastleLeeds Castle26 km southwest
CathedralRochester Cathedral29 km west
Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle29 km west
CastleCanterbury Castle17 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle27 km west
Garden · National TrustSissinghurst Castle and Garden39 km southwest
Abbey or prioryFaversham Abbey9.2 km south
CastleChilham Castle17 km south
Castle · English HeritageDeal Castle39 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageHadleigh Castle27 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Leysdown-on-Sea (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Seeing Leysdown-on-Sea: your questions
What is there to see near Leysdown-on-Sea?
No attraction is mapped inside Leysdown-on-Sea itself. Within 5 km of it are Eastchurch Aviation Museum and Muswell Manor.
Does Leysdown-on-Sea have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Leysdown-on-Sea: Eastchurch Aviation Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Leysdown-on-Sea?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Saint Augustine's Abbey (English Heritage), 18 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Leysdown-on-Sea?
Within 40 km: Canterbury Cathedral (17 km), Saint Augustine's Abbey (18 km), Leeds Castle (26 km), Rochester Cathedral (29 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Leysdown-on-Sea when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (12)
- Canterbury Cathedral: Hans Musil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Augustine's Abbey: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leeds Castle: Misterzee, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rochester Cathedral: Raggatt2000, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rochester Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canterbury Castle: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Upnor Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sissinghurst Castle and Garden: Hans Bernhard (Schnobby), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Faversham Abbey: William Stukeley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chilham Castle: Daywalker, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deal Castle: JimRussell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hadleigh Castle: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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