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Bean Attractions
Listed below are attractions in Bean:
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This 70-acre country park takes its name from the beacons that were built here during the Elizabetan times to warn of the Spanish Armada. A Napoleonic telegraph was built in 1821 on the hill opposite the park’s entrance. Given...
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This viewing area is well signposted from the crossing area which is below. The viewing area is on the edge of a small park that overlooks the River Thames and offers one of the best views of the Thames...
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Kent Wildlife Trust owns and operates Longfield Chalk Bank Nature Reserve. The reserve is located to one side of the village and near to the community hall and comprises of around two hectares of land that was once used for...
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Longfield Library, located on the Main Road, is owned and operated by Kent County Council as one over fifty small community libraries across the county. The library building itself might not initially strike the visitor as very interesting, but as...
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The somewhat isolated and small Southdowns Church has a Royal connection. On 7th July 1866 with great fanfare and spectacle a large stone was laid in the wall of the church by the then Princess of Wales. The church...
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This beautiful tranquil garden and 13th Century chapel are amongst one of the most visited attractions in this area of the region. The River Darent, creating a moat-like effect, surrounds the garden. The chapel was once part of...
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St Mary Magdalene Church is located in the heart of the modern community of Longfield, not far from Gravesend in Kent. The church was built in the 13th Century and consists of a large tower attached to a large hall...
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Stone had a parish church as early as 970AD, and sections of it can still be seen in the nave and aisles of the existing 13th Century building. The church is renowned for its spectacular architecture and visitors should...
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Set on the side of the gently sloping River Darenth valley, Horton Kirby is a small village just outside of Dartford in Kent and at its heart is the ancient parish church of St Mary’s. The church was originally founded...
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When St Nicholas Church in Southfleet was built, during Norman times in 1086, the area was a watery inlet of the nearby River Thames. Today Southfleet is around five miles from the river but the church is still named for...
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St Mary’s Church in Greenhithe was first built in the mid 1850’s by a number of wealthy local benefactors who wished to improve the area through religion. The centuries have generally been kind to St. Mary’s church retaining as it...
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