Shepherdswell, United Kingdom
Shepherdswell is a town of 1,630 people in England, United Kingdom.
Why visit Shepherdswell
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail, 3 places to eat and 2 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Sladden Wood.
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About Shepherdswell
Shepherdswell (also Sibertswold or Sibert's Wold) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shepherdswell with Coldred, in the Dover district of Kent, England. In 2011 it had a population of 1630.
From the Wikipedia article Shepherdswell (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Museums and landmarks2
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes3
Where to stay2
History
In 1961 the parish had a population of 1085. On 1 April 1963 the parish was abolished and merged with Coldred to form "Shepherdswell with Coldred". .The village of shepherdswell has been here for the last 200 years, there are many small landmarks like Saint andrews church, the East Kent Railway where some WW2 bunkers are found and places like "the old school" which has now been replaced by Sibertswold Primary School.
From the History section of Shepherdswell on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Arts and culture
Village social life centres on the local Grade I listed church 'Church of St Andrew', and the village hall which hosts events including charity jumble sales and a pre-school playgroup. The village pub is the Grade II listed Bell by the village green, near to the church. Additionally the village has a Co-op mini-supermarket and a family-run farm shop (Frys’ Farm Shop).
Shepherdswell is significant for the East Kent Railway, whose terminus is sited there. This was originally one of Colonel Stephens's lines and ran to Wingham. The section as far as Eythorne is now run by a preservation society. It has a mainline railway station named Shepherds Well with direct trains to Dover and London via Faversham.
The village is on the Miner's Way Trail. The trail links the coalfield parishes of East Kent. In the village it links with the North Downs Way, which also passes through the village between Whitfield and Woolage Village. The section of the North Downs Way from Shepherdswell to Dover follows the Via Francigena (Road from France) which is the ancient pilgrim route from England, through France and Switzerland, to Rome.
Also of note is West Court Farm House, a Grade II* listed building which used to be a resthouse for the monks of St Radigund's Abbey.
From the Wikipedia article Shepherdswell, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship6
Shopping1
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Map of Shepherdswell
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Getting there and nearby towns
Manston Airport (MSE) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 12 miles away.
- Dover 6 mi southeast, about 9 min by car
- Wingham 6 mi north, about 9 min by car
- Folkestone 8 mi south, about 13 min by car
- Canterbury 9 mi northwest, about 15 min by car
- Hythe 10 mi southwest, about 16 min by car
- Ramsgate 13 mi northeast, about 21 min by car
- Herne Bay 14 mi north, about 22 min by car
- Saint Peters 15 mi northeast, about 24 min by car
- Margate 15 mi northeast, about 24 min by car
- Whitstable 15 mi northwest, about 24 min by car
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- St Andrew's Church, Shepherdswell, John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sladden Wood 2, Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0
- All Saints Church, Waldershare, John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Church of Saint Nicholas, Barfrestone, KaleidoscopeMeg, CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Two Sawyers pub, Woolage Green, Kent, Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Shepherds Well Railway Station, Steve, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Line To The Horizon, Carl Ritson, CC BY 3.0
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