Welcome to Visit Bearsted Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Bearsted
Visit Bearsted places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Bearsted places to visit. A unique way to experience Bearsted’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Bearsted as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Bearsted Walkfo Preview Bearsted is a village and civil parish with railway station in mid-Kent, England. It is two miles (3.2 km) east of Maidstone town centre. When you visit Bearsted, Walkfo brings Bearsted places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Bearsted Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bearsted
Visit Bearsted – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 55 audio plaques & Bearsted places for you to explore in the Bearsted area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Bearsted places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Bearsted history
A fair used to be held here on Holy Cross Day, an ancient festival traced back to 335 AD when the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was dedicated in Jerusalem. The dedication to Holy Cross appears to have been a relatively popular one for pre-Conquest foundations.
Bearsted geography / climate
The parish of Bearsted has a population of 8010 (2001 figure) and is broadly divided into two areas of development. The centre of the village retains a traditional village look with 59 listed properties, many surrounding the village green, flanked by two pubs. Madginford neighbourhood, largely constructed in the 1960s, lies south of the Ashford Road.
Why visit Bearsted with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Bearsted places with Walkfo Bearsted to hear history at Bearsted’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bearsted has 55 places to visit in our interactive Bearsted 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 Bearsted, 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 Bearsted places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bearsted & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 55 audio facts unique to Bearsted places in an interactive Bearsted map you can explore.”
Walkfo Bearsted tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Bearsted
Best Bearsted places to visit
Bearsted has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Bearsted’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Bearsted’s information audio spots:
Mote Park Mote Park is a 440-acre (1.8 km) multi-use public park in Maidstone, Kent. Includes the former stately home Mote House together with a miniature railway and boating lake. A ground of the same name within the park has also been used as a first-class cricket ground by Kent County Cricket Club.
Minor Centre Minor Centre, also known as Grove Green Centre, is a shopping area in the development of Grove Green, and Weavering village. The complex includes a Tesco superstore, The Grove Green medical Centre, Mann Countrywide estate agents offices and Lloyds pharmacy. The Shepherd Neame Early Bird Public House is also located.
Mote Park (cricket ground) Mote Park, also known as The Mote, is a cricket ground in Maidstone, Kent. The ground is inside the grounds of the Mote Cricket Club and is owned by The Motes Cricket Club. It was used by Kent County Cricket Club as one of their out-grounds for county cricket matches.
KIMS Hospital KIMS Hospital is the largest independent private hospital in Kent. It treats privately insured, self-funding and NHS patients. It is situated on the Kent Medical Campus, off Junction 7 of the M20 Motorway.
Battle of Maidstone The Battle of Maidstone (1 June 1648) was fought in the Second English Civil War. Parliamentarian troops won the battle over the defending Royalist forces.
Tithe Barn, Maidstone The Tithe Barn in Maidstone, Kent, was constructed in the 14th century as a tithe barn for the nearby Archbishop’s Palace. It was later used as the palace’s stables. The barn is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument.
Maidstone line The Maidstone line is a railway line in Kent. It diverges from the Chatham Main Line at Swanley Junction. It proceeds down the Darenth valley to Otford junction. It continues via Borough Green & Wrotham and Maidstone East to Ashford.
County Hall, Maidstone County Hall, formerly the Old Sessions House, is a municipal building in Maidstone, Kent. The county hall is the headquarters of Kent County Council. It is a Grade II listed building.
HM Prison Maidstone HM Prison Maidstone is a Category C men’s prison. It is located in Maidstone, Kent, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty’s Prison Service.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Thurnham St Mary the Virgin is a small parish church in Thurnham, Kent. Begun in the 12th century, it is a Grade I listed building.
Visit Bearsted plaques
3 plaques hereBearsted has 3 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Bearsted plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Bearsted using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Bearsted plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Bearsted audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Bearsted allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Bearsted’s 55 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Bearsted freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Bearsted Map App
Our visit Bearsted map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Bearsted & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Bearsted tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Bearsted centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Bearsted area at LONG:0.5789, LAT:51.2738.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Bearsted, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Bearsted / surrounding areas
● Bearsted F.C. ● Synyards ● Willington, Kent ● Otham Manor ● Stoneacre, Kent ● Shepway, Maidstone ● St Nicholas’s Church, Otham ● Spot Lane Quarry ● Downswood ● Caring, Kent ● Holy Cross Church, Bearsted ● Bearsted ● Weavering ● Mote Park ● Minor Centre ● Grove Green ● The Maidstone Studios ● Vinters Valley Park ● Mote Park (cricket ground) ● River Len LNR ● KIMS Hospital ● Leeds, Kent ● Leeds Priory ● Maidstone ● Battle of Maidstone ● The Mall Maidstone ● Tithe Barn, Maidstone ● Maidstone Town Hall ● Borough of Maidstone ● Maidstone line
● Centre for Kentish Studies ● County Hall, Maidstone ● HM Prison Maidstone ● St Mary’s and All Saints Church, Boxley ● St Mary the Virgin Church, Thurnham ● Maidstone services ● Thurnham, Kent ● The Larches, Kent ● Detling ● Jade’s Crossing ● Ashbank ● Thurnham Castle ● Detling Hill ● White Horse Wood ● Kent County Show ● Kent Showground ● RAF Detling ● Cotuams House ● Kent International Gateway ● Penenden Heath ● Kent Downs ● St Martin of Tours Church, Detling ● St Nicholas Church, Leeds
Getting to / around Bearsted – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Bearsted using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Bearsted places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Bearsted Public Transport Stations
Bearsted Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Bearsted railway station
Hollingbourne railway station
A2020 road
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Local Bearsted historians & Bearsted tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Bearsted? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Bearsted’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Bearsted place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Bearsted Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Bearsted destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Bearsted’ web pages (for example: www.visitBearsted.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Bearsted places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Bearsted places to visit. A unique way to experience Bearsted’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Bearsted as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Bearsted places with Walkfo Bearsted to hear history at Bearsted’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bearsted has 55 places to visit in our interactive Bearsted 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 Bearsted, 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 Bearsted places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bearsted & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Bearsted?