No car? No problem!

Getting around by public transport to and from Orchard Farm is easy. 

Catch the 1X bus, from outside Stubbs restaurant on Canterbury Road, just a 5 minute walk from Orchard Farm. This bus will take you to Park Street in Ashford where you can shop at the Park Mall and County Square and enjoy some of the restaurants including Trattoria Romana, Amici, Buenos Aires Nights and Everest Inn. For a drink, check out Lowkey Taproom and Valerie’s Winebar or themed cocktail nights at Itica’s.  If you’re up for some games, Matches Bar offers pool and shuffle board. Elwick Place has a cinema and VR experiences and Revelation hosts music nights. 

It’s just 38 minutes from Ashford International station to London St Pancras and the station is a short walk from Park Street or an 8 minute bus ride, taking the number 10 or one of the ‘Little and Often’ buses.  

If you prefer to drive to Ashford International, there’s plenty of parking space. The parking isn’t free there, but it is at Wye station, 8 minutes from Orchard Farm.  The train from Wye to London stops at Ashford International, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, London Bridge, Waterloo East and Charing Cross. It’s a fantastic commuting train if your job allows for flexible working as it’s cheaper than the high speed! 

In the opposite direction, It’s just 16 minutes from Wye to Canterbury West and the train terminates at to the harbour town of Ramsgate.

If you’re a cyclist and want to travel to France, it’s just 15 minutes by train from Ashford to Folkestone West and a short cycle ride to join a specially adapted minibus for the 35 minute journey to Calais on Le Shuttle.   

You can get to Faversham using the 666 buses, and  it’s about 30 minutes’ walk from Orchard Farm to the bus stop near Eastwell Towers and about another half an hour to get to the centre of Faversham. Enjoy the outside swimming pools or Shepherd Neame’s visitor centre where you can enjoy a beer tour and tasting session. 

There’s nearly always a market on week-ends and you can combine your market shopping with a visit Creek Creative, an art gallery with craft shop and café. They host many creative workshops throughout the year too. 

Ashford is lucky to have many cycle paths that run through Kennington and into Ashford making commuting to the station from Orchard Farm very easy and sustainable. If mountain biking is more your thing, you might enjoy cycling up to King’s Wood and trying out some of the paths and downhill jumps that avid bikers have created. Spring is lovely time of the year to cycle there as you’ll be surrounded by the bluebells.  

If you’d like to cycle to Canterbury, you can follow Route 18 near Wye which is mainly offroad and is part of the Pilgrim’s Cycle trail. I‘ve cycled this route and it is truly magical on a sunny day as you wind your way along the River Stour before you enter Canterbury. You can stop off at Catha’s Seat, named after Catharine 'Catha' Keegan, a cycling campaigner who lived in Wye, or have a swift half pint in The Artichoke in Chartham. There are lots of places to park your bike securely before you venture into Canterbury city centre.