Visit Lower Hardres Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Lower Hardres

  

Lower Hardres Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Lower Hardres

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Lower Hardres history

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The name of the Hardres family is perpetuated in the twin villages of Upper Hardres and Lower Hardres (pronounced ‘hards’) on the Roman road, Stone Street, south-west of the city of Canterbury. The family owned the non-church land of area for 700 years after the Norman Conquest. A legal record in 1381 mentions William Sely, parson of “parva Ardres”, may indicate that a bell was being made or repaired by John Buckingham.

You can visit Lower Hardres places with Walkfo Lower Hardres to hear history at Lower Hardres’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Lower Hardres has 16 places to visit in our interactive Lower Hardres 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 Lower Hardres, 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 Lower Hardres places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Lower Hardres & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 16 audio facts unique to Lower Hardres places in an interactive Lower Hardres map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Lower Hardres Places Map
16 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Lower Hardres places to visit

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

Kent and Canterbury Hospital The Kent and Canterbury Hospital, colloquially known among residents as the K+C, is a community hospital in Canterbury, Kent. It is managed by the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

Canterbury Cricket Week Canterbury Cricket Week is the oldest cricket festival week in England. It involves a series of consecutive Kent home matches. It was founded in 1842, although a similar festival week was first held in 1839 by the Beverley Cricket Club.

St Lawrence Ground The St Lawrence Ground is the home ground of Kent County Cricket Club. It is one of the oldest grounds on which first-class cricket is played. The ground was the venue for the first day/night County Championship match in 2011.

Bridge railway station Bridge was a station on the Elham Valley Railway. It opened in 1889 and closed in 1940 and freight in 1947. It closed to passengers in 1940.

Bourne Paddock Bourne Paddock was a cricket ground at Bourne Park House, the seat of Sir Horatio Mann. It was a venue for first-class cricket matches from 1766 to 1790. A modern cricket pavilion and a large iron roller used to roll the cricket pitch remain at the site.

Reed Mill, Kingston Reed Mill was built in the early nineteenth century and worked until 1915. In 2010–11 the mill was converted and extended to form residential accommodation.

Bishopsbourne railway station Bishopsbourne was a station on the Elham Valley Railway. It opened in 1889 and closed to passengers in 1940 and freight in 1947.

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