Tenterden

By road from London follow M2 past Maidstone then branch south via Headcorn. From Canterbury or the Channel ports head for Ashford, then follow A28 south to Tenterden; this road eventually leads to Hastings. Headcorn is the nearest railway station, with trains from London Charing Cross every 30 min. These take 65 min via Waterloo East, London Bridge, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Paddock Wood, Marden and Staplehurst. They continue to Ashford, then either to Canterbury West, Minster and Ramsgate, or to Folkestone and Dover (for Channel ferries). The bus from Headcorn to Tenterden takes 20 min. That's Arriva Bus 12 from Maidstone, running every 30 min M-Sa and hourly on Sunday. Stagecoach Southeast Bus 2A runs from Ashford (Park Street) every two hours M-Sa, taking an hour via Kingsnorth, Shadoxhurst and Woodchurch. Bus 2A runs from Ashford four times M-Sa, taking 45 min via Designer Outlet, Great Chart, Bethersden and High Holden. 51.06790....