Bethersden is a village and civil parish in the district of Ashford, in Kent, England, set in the rolling farmland of the Weald of Kent. The settlement retains a compact village core of timber-framed cottages, lanes and a parish church, giving a strong sense of its long rural past amid wooded ridges and hop and arable fields.
Locally it is best known for "Bethersden marble", a fossil-rich limestone that was quarried and used decoratively in churches and buildings across the region. Historically agricultural with small-scale quarrying and craft trades, the village today remains a close-knit rural community with local clubs, events and a largely residential economy while still reflecting its historic landscape and built character.
Postcode districts covering Bethersden
Most populated places nearby
- Hastings 19.7 miles
- Maidstone 14.1 miles
- Gillingham 18.3 miles
- Chatham 18.6 miles
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 21.2 miles
- Folkestone 17.5 miles
- Ashford 5.1 miles
- Canterbury 17.5 miles
- Sittingbourne 15.2 miles
- Dover 23.4 miles
- Bexhill-on-Sea 23.6 miles
- Tonbridge 21.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Bethersden Built-up area 0.4 miles
- Weald Central Ward 0.8 miles
- Great Chart with Singleton Parish 2.7 miles
- Pluckley Built-up area 2.9 miles
- High Halden Built-up area 3 miles
- Great Chart Built-up area 3 miles
- Smarden Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Shadoxhurst Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Singleton West Ward 3.4 miles
- Little Chart Parish 3.4 miles
- Hothfield Built-up area 3.6 miles
- Singleton East Ward 3.6 miles
Example postcodes in Bethersden
TN26 3DT, TN23 3BZ, TN26 3LF, TN26 3AR, TN26 3AQ, TN26 3AG, TN26 3DA, TN26 3JT, TN26 3LA … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 30.4 miles
- London City Airport 39.8 miles
- Pluckley Railway Station 1.7 miles
- Ashford International Railway Station 5.1 miles
Hotels near Bethersden Ad
- Hampton by Hilton Ashford International 3 4.9 miles
- The Woolpack Inn Warehorne 6.2 miles
- Ashford International Hotel & Spa 4 4.9 miles
- Holiday Inn Ashford North 3 4.5 miles
- The King Hotel Tenterden 5 3.9 miles
- Little Silver Country Hotel 3 4.1 miles
- Premier Inn Ashford North 3 4.4 miles
- The Woolpack Hotel 5.4 miles
- Frasers 5 4.9 miles
- The White Lion 5.5 miles
Schools in Bethersden
- Bethersden Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- South Kent College - Ashford College 4.5 miles
- Eastwell Park Estate 6.8 miles
- Boughton Place Estate 11.3 miles
- Folkestone Racecourse Recreation 12.2 miles
- Brookhill Park Performing Arts College College 13.9 miles
- Camber Sands Beach 13.9 miles
- Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Nature reserve 13.9 miles
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 14 miles
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 14.1 miles
- University for the Creative Arts - Maidstone University 14.8 miles
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 15.1 miles
- Yalding Gardens Gardens 15.3 miles