Cantonment Maidan

Cantonment Maidan: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Cantonment Maidan

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Cantonment Maidan — distance from nearby cities

• From Kollam (KL): about 3 km by road (2 km straight line) · directions · more places near Kollam
• From Thiruvananthapuram (KL): about 68 km by road (54 km straight line) · directions · more places near Thiruvananthapuram
• From Alappuzha (KL): about 93 km by road (74 km straight line) · directions · more places near Alappuzha
• From Kochi (KL): about 153 km by road (122 km straight line) · directions · more places near Kochi
• From Tirunelveli (TN): about 161 km by road (128 km straight line) · directions · more places near Tirunelveli

Coordinates: 8.88195, 76.59983. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cantonment Maidan

• Chinnakada Clock Tower · fort · Kollam · ~1 km · Well liked · Must-see
• Mahatma Gandhi Park · park · Kollam · ~1 km · Must-see
• Kollam Beach · beach · Kollam · ~2 km · Well liked · Must-see
• Asramam Children's Park · park · Kollam · ~3 km · Must-see
• British Residency · fort · Kollam · ~3 km · Must-see
• Adventure Park · park · Kollam · ~3 km · Must-see
• Thevally Palace · fort · Kollam · ~4 km · Must-see
• Infant Jesus Roman Catholic Cathedral · church · Kollam · ~5 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Thirumullavaram Sree Maha Vishnu Swami Temple · temple · Kollam · ~6 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Immaculate Conception Church · church · Kollam · ~10 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Ashtamudi Lake · lake · Kollam · ~11 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Perumon Tragedy Memorial · fort · Kollam · ~12 km · Must-see
• Puttingal Devi Temple · temple · Kollam · ~13 km · Must-see
• st Antony's church kanjiracode · church · Kollam · ~16 km · Must-see
• Kottankulangara Devi Temple · temple · Kollam · ~16 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Kappil Beach · beach · Thiruvananthapuram · ~18 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• St. Andrews Church, Kovilthottam · church · Kollam · ~19 km · Must-see
• Kattil Mekkathil Devi Temple · temple · Kollam · ~21 km · Highly rated · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Cantonment Maidan

Other forts & heritage near Cantonment Maidan

• Chinnakada Clock Tower · fort · Kollam · ~1 km · Well liked · Must-see
• British Residency · fort · Kollam · ~3 km · Must-see
• Thevally Palace · fort · Kollam · ~4 km · Must-see
• Perumon Tragedy Memorial · fort · Kollam · ~12 km · Must-see
• Poonthran · fort · Thiruvananthapuram · ~34 km · Must-see
• Anjuthengu Fort Trivandrum · fort · Thiruvananthapuram · ~38 km · Must-see
• Anchuthengu Fort · fort · Thiruvananthapuram · ~38 km · Must-see
• Kumaranasan Memorial Thonnakkal, Trivandrum · fort · Thiruvananthapuram · ~48 km · Well liked · Must-see
• Tomb of Parumala Thirumeni · fort · Alappuzha · ~62 km · Must-see
• Kanakakkunnu Palace · fort · Thiruvananthapuram · ~71 km · Very popular · Must-see

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