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Old Wives Lees Kent Map

Traditional county: Kent · District / Borough: Ashford · Region: South East

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Place	Old Wives Lees
Traditional County	Kent
District / Borough	Ashford
Region	South East
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	51.255702
Longitude	0.971208
Place Type	Village

About Old Wives Lees

Old Wives Lees occupies a quiet rise of chalky ground where the Kentish landscape begins to sharpen into the Stour Valley. It lies 4.9 miles west-south-west of Canterbury (from Canterbury: bearing 250°T, OS grid TR 074 549), and is situated north-north-east of Chilham village. The light here has a crystalline clarity, catching the flint walls of local cottages and the broad, open skies that define this stretch of the North Downs. A short walk southwards leads toward the imposing shadow of the Tower Keep Castle at Chilham, a stone sentinel that has watched over the valley floor for centuries. The surrounding fields remain largely agricultural, though the local character is punctuated by the productive rows of Badger’s Hill Farm, where the scent of ripening fruit often hangs heavy in the autumn air. Old Wives Lees maintains a distinct detachment from the busier transit routes, favouring the slow, deliberate pace of high-ground rural life. The local terrain displays a rugged, utilitarian beauty, shaped by the persistent wind and the underlying geology of the chalk ridge. Residents of Old Wives Lees benefit from this elevated vantage point, which provides an expansive outlook across the verdant, rolling contours of the surrounding countryside.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Badger's Hill Farm (Attraction) — 0.6 mi, 192° SSW
Chilham Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 0.8 mi, 191° SSW
Tower Keep Castle At Chilham (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 206° SSW
Chilham Castle (Castle) — 1.0 mi, 209° SSW
Norman Keep (Castle) — 1.0 mi, 211° SSW
Julliberrie'S Grave Long Barrow (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 168° SSE
Perry Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.7 mi, 285° WNW
Down Bank Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.9 mi, 162° SSE · 6 ha
The Mount (Popsy's View) (Viewpoint) — 1.9 mi, 270° W
Village Green (Park) — 2.0 mi, 090° E
Iron Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 345° NNW
Dovecote At Burnt House Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 087° E
Park Wood, Chilham Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.3 mi, 234° SW · 31 ha
Jane Austen’s Temple (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 193° SSW
Shepherds Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.5 mi, 285° WNW
Godmersham Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.5 mi, 206° SSW · 241 ha
Garlinge Theatre (Theatre) — 2.5 mi, 114° ESE
Howfield Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.6 mi, 061° ENE
Godmersham Heritage Centre (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 198° SSW
Lees Court (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.1 mi, 272° W · 168 ha
Swan Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.2 mi, 076° ENE
Tonford Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.4 mi, 074° ENE
Stonework Ruins at Toniford Manor (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 070° ENE
Holly Hill Tower (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 005° N
Faversham and Mid Kent Memorial Park and Crematorium (Park) — 3.7 mi, 338° NNW
Whitehall Dyke (River) — 3.8 mi, 070° ENE
Victory Woods Link Sculpture (Viewpoint) — 4.5 mi, 020° NNE
Swalecliffe Brook (River) — 4.7 mi, 030° NNE
Canterbury Castle (Castle) — 4.7 mi, 073° ENE
WW2 shelters (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 074° ENE

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