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 miles31.6 km
- Maidstone 14.1 miles22.8 km
- Gillingham 18.3 miles29.5 km
- Chatham 18.6 miles29.9 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 21.2 miles34.1 km
- Folkestone 17.5 miles28.1 km
- Ashford 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Canterbury 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Sittingbourne 15.2 miles24.4 km
- Dover 23.4 miles37.7 km
- Bexhill-on-Sea 23.6 miles37.9 km
- Tonbridge 21.3 miles34.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Bethersden Built-up area 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Weald Central Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Great Chart with Singleton Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Pluckley Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- High Halden Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Great Chart Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Smarden Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Shadoxhurst Built-up area 3.3 miles5.2 km
- Singleton West Ward 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Little Chart Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Hothfield Built-up area 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Singleton East Ward 3.6 miles5.8 km
Example postcodes in Bethersden
TN26 3EW, TN26 3AY, TN23 3BZ, TN26 3BG, TN26 3BA, TN26 3BB, TN26 3DP, TN26 3DN, TN26 3DU … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 30.4 miles49 km
- London City Airport 39.8 miles64.1 km
- Pluckley Railway Station 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Ashford International Railway Station 5.1 miles8.2 km
Hotels near Bethersden Ad
- Little Silver Country Hotel 3 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Boys Hall 4 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Holiday Inn Ashford - North A20 3 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Hampton by Hilton Ashford International 3 4.9 miles8 km
- Chilston Park Hotel 4 6.3 miles10.2 km
- The Print House Inn 4 5.7 miles9.1 km
- The Woolpack Hotel 4 5.4 miles8.6 km
- White Lion Tenterden 5.4 miles8.8 km
- King Hotel Tenterden 4.1 miles6.6 km
- London Beach Country Hotel 3 4.2 miles6.7 km
Schools in Bethersden
- Bethersden Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- South Kent College - Ashford College 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Eastwell Park Estate 6.8 miles11 km
- Boughton Place Estate 11.3 miles18.3 km
- Folkestone Racecourse Recreation 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Brookhill Park Performing Arts College College 13.9 miles22.3 km
- Camber Sands Beach 13.9 miles22.3 km
- Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Nature reserve 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 14 miles22.6 km
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 14.1 miles22.7 km
- University for the Creative Arts - Maidstone University 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Yalding Gardens Gardens 15.3 miles24.6 km