Visit Sholden Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Sholden

  

Sholden Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Sholden

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Sholden history

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It has previously been known as ‘Soldone’ and ‘Scholdon’ It is the starting point of the Miner’s Way Trail, a hiking trail linking up coalfield parishes of East Kent. It has a Grade II* listed church, St Nicholas, which is in the diocese of Canterbury and deanery of Sandwich.

You can visit Sholden places with Walkfo Sholden to hear history at Sholden’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sholden has 41 places to visit in our interactive Sholden map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Sholden, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Sholden places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sholden & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 41 audio facts unique to Sholden places in an interactive Sholden map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Sholden Places Map
41 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Sholden historic spots	Sholden tourist destinations	Sholden plaques	Sholden geographic features
Walkfo Sholden tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Sholden

  

Best Sholden places to visit

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Sholden has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Sholden’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Sholden’s information audio spots:

Sutton, Kent Sutton is a village and civil parish near Dover in Kent. The quoted population includes the villages of East and West Studdal plus Swingate and the hamlet of Little Mongeham.

Ripple Mill, Ringwould Ripple Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill in Ringwould, Kent, that was built in Drellingore and moved to Ringwould in the early nineteenth century. It was stripped of machinery and used as a television mast, it is now under restoration as a working windmill.

St Mary’s Church, Walmer The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, commonly shortened to St Mary’s, is a church in the Church of England parish of Walmer, Kent, England.

Mill Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery Mill Hill was an inhumation-only cemetery, with no evidence of cremation. It was part of the wider tradition of burial in Early Anglo-Saxon England.

Hamilton Road Cemetery, Deal Hamilton Road Cemetery is a combined municipal and military burial ground in Deal, Kent. Opened in May 1856, it was created to provide a new burial ground for the town’s growing population. It contains a Cross of Sacrifice of some significance and the burials of military service personnel from Great Britain, Belgium, Canada, and, very unusually, Nazi Germany.

Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club is an 18-hole links golf course in southeastern England. Founded 129 years ago in 1892, its name derives from Deal’s membership of an ancient group of trading towns granted special privileges by the medieval English monarchs. The course runs along the coast of Sandwich Bay, on the same stretch of coastline as Royal St George’s and Prince’s Golf Club, adjacent to the north.

Royal Marine Depot, Deal The Royal Marine Depot, Deal was first established in 1861, occupying part of the Royal Naval Hospital. In 1868 the Depot expanded and took over the nearby 18th-century Army barracks. From 1930 the Depot served as the headquarters of Royal Naval School of Music. In 1977 the training Depot closed and the site was renamed Royal Marines, Deal. In 1988 parts of the site were demolished and sold for housing.

New Mill, Northbourne New Mill is a Grade II listed smock mill in Northbourne, Kent. It was built in 1848 and has been converted to residential accommodation.

Finglesham Anglo-Saxon cemetery Finglesham Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a place of burial that was used from the sixth to the eighth centuries CE. It was part of the wider tradition of burial in Early Saxon England. Many of the dead were interred with grave goods, which included personal ornaments, weapons and domestic items.

Kent Museum of the Moving Image The Kent Museum of the Moving Image opened in Deal, Kent in April 2018. The museum was created by David Francis, with his wife Jocelyn Marsh (daughter of award-winning production designer Terence Marsh)

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