Chartwell Mapleton Road, Westerham, Kent TN 1PS
Tel: 01732 866368 (Infoline); 01732 868381
Home of Sir Winston Churchill from 1924; rooms left as they were
in his lifetime.
Emmetts Garden Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6AY
Tel: 01732 751509 (Infoline); 01732 868381
This garden at the highest point in Kent is noted for its exotic and
rare trees and shrubs.
Ightham Mote
Mote Road, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0NT
Tel: 01732 811145 (Infoline); 01732 810378
Beautiful medieval moated manor house. Features include the Great
Hall, old chapel and crypt.
Knole
Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0RP
Tel: 01732 450608 (Infoline); 01732 462100
Dating from 1456 and set within a deer park, Knole houses
magnificent collections of furniture, tapestries and portraits
including works by Van Dyck and Gainsborough.
Old Soar Manor Plaxtol, Borough Green, Kent TN15 0QX
Tel: 01732 811145 (Infoline); 01732 810378
The solar block of a late 13th century knight’s dwelling.
Owletts
The Street, Cobham, Gravesend, Kent DA12 3AOP
Tel: 01372 453401
This fine Charles II Kentish Yoeman’s family home was the former
residence of the architect Sir Herbert Baker. The furniture and
collection has been preserved from Sir Herbert’s time and there is a
lovely kitchen garden.
South Foreland Lighthouse
The Front, St Margaret’s Bay, Dover, Kent CT15 6HP
Tel: 01304 852463
Climb 73 steps to this Victorian lighthouse for spectacular Channel
views. There is a 100 year old working clock mechanism. Marconi’s
wireless experiments and Farday’s first electrically powered light
were conducted on this site.
Quebec House
Quebec Square, Westerham, Kent TN16 1TD
Tel: 01732 866368 (Infoline); 01732 868381
General Wolfe spent his early years in this gabled, red-brick 17th
century house. Four rooms containing portraits, prints and
memorabilia relating to Wolfe’s family and career are on view.
St John’s Jerusalem Sutton-at-Hone, Dartford, Kent DA4 9HQ
Tel: 01732 810378
A large garden, moated by the River Darent. The house is the
former chapel of a Knights Hospitaller Commandery, since
converted into a private residence.
Scotney Castle Garden Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 8JN
Tel: 01892 893820 (Infoline); 01892 893868
One of England’s most romantic gardens, surrounding the ruins of a
14th century moated castle. Also woodland and estate walks.
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Sissinghurst, nr Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2AB
Tel: 01580 710701 (Infoline); 01580 710700
A famous series of enclosed gardens created by Vita Sackville-West
and her husband. Note: timed tickets are used.
Smallhythe Place Smallhythe, Tenterden, Kent TN30 7NG
Tel: 01580 762334
An early 16th century half-timbered house, home of the Victorian
actress Ellen Terry from 1899–1928. The house contains many
personal and theatrical mementos.
Sprivers Garden
Horsmonden, Kent TN12 8DR
Tel: 01892 893868
This garden includes flowering and foliage shrubs, herbaceous
borders, old walls and spring and summer bedding.
Stoneacre Otham, Maidstone, Kent ME15 8RS
Tel: 01622 862871
A half-timbered (mainly late 15th century) yeoman’s house with a
great hall and crownpost and surrounded by a lovely cottage
garden.
The White Cliffs of Dover
Langdon Cliffs, Upper Road, Dover, Kent CT16 1HJ
Tel: 01304 202756
The ‘Gateway to the White Cliffs’ visitor centre has spectacular
views and introduces the visitor to five miles of coast and
countryside through imaginative displays and interpretation.
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