Welcome to Visit Shepway, Maidstone Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Shepway, Maidstone
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With 55 audio plaques & Shepway, Maidstone places for you to explore in the Shepway, Maidstone area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Shepway, Maidstone places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Shepway, Maidstone history
The majority of the suburb was constructed as a council estate by Maidstone Borough Council in stages after World War II. The original grid of roads laid out for the council estate bear names of traditional English counties. The estate was originally planned with large areas of open land for recreation.
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You can visit Shepway, Maidstone places with Walkfo Shepway, Maidstone to hear history at Shepway, Maidstone’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shepway, Maidstone has 55 places to visit in our interactive Shepway, Maidstone 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 Shepway, Maidstone, 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 Shepway, Maidstone places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shepway, Maidstone & the surrounding areas.
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Best Shepway, Maidstone places to visit
Shepway, Maidstone has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Shepway, Maidstone’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Shepway, Maidstone’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.
Loose Stream The Loose Stream is a tributary of the River Medway. It rises in Langley, flows through Boughton Monchelsea, Loose and enters the Medway at Tovil. The stream has been dammed in many places, resulting in many mill ponds.
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.
Hazlitt Theatre The Hazlitt Theatre is one of the main theatres in Maidstone, Kent. It was named after the famous essayist William Hazlit, who was born in 1778. The traditional proscenium arch theatre seats 353.
Fremlin Walk Fremlin Walk is an outdoor shopping centre in Maidstone town centre, Kent. It opened in 2005 after several years of development by Centros Miller. The original owner was Land Securities plc. Legal & General Property bought the centre in 2011 for £92 million.
Maidstone Museum Maidstone Museum is a local authority-run museum located in Maidstone, Kent. The museum is one of three operated by Maidstone Borough Council. The building is Grade II* listed.
Visit Shepway, Maidstone plaques
5 plaques hereShepway, Maidstone has 5 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Shepway, Maidstone 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 Shepway, Maidstone using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Shepway, Maidstone plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Shepway, Maidstone audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Shepway, Maidstone allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Shepway, Maidstone’s 55 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Shepway, Maidstone freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Shepway, Maidstone Map App
Our visit Shepway, Maidstone map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Shepway, Maidstone & 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 Shepway, Maidstone tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Shepway, Maidstone centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Shepway, Maidstone area at LONG:0.54611, LAT:51.25432.
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Things to do & visit in Shepway, Maidstone / surrounding areas
● Park Wood, Maidstone ● Bearsted F.C. ● Langley, Kent ● Synyards ● Willington, Kent ● Chart Sutton ● Otham Manor ● Stoneacre, Kent ● Shepway, Maidstone ● St Nicholas’s Church, Otham ● Spot Lane Quarry ● Boughton Monchelsea ● 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 ● Loose, Kent ● Coxheath Common ● Boughton Green ● Loose Stream ● Maidstone
● Battle of Maidstone ● The Mall Maidstone ● All Saints Church, Maidstone ● Tithe Barn, Maidstone ● The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum ● Archbishop’s Palace, Maidstone ● Maidstone Town Hall ● Hazlitt Theatre ● Borough of Maidstone ● Fremlin Walk ● Maidstone Museum ● Maidstone line ● Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment Cenotaph ● Centre for Kentish Studies ● County Hall, Maidstone ● HM Prison Maidstone ● Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club ● Kent History and Library Centre ● Maidstone United F.C. ● Gallagher Stadium ● Kent Institute of Art & Design ● Kent International Gateway ● Penenden Heath
Getting to / around Shepway, Maidstone – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Shepway, Maidstone using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Shepway, Maidstone places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
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Local Shepway, Maidstone historians & Shepway, Maidstone tour guides
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* 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