Places to explore in KentEngland · South East England
The chalk of the North Downs runs east across Kent to end in the White Cliffs of Dover, the country's front door to the Continent. This has always been the invasion coast, guarded by Dover Castle above the harbour, and the landing place of Augustine's mission, which raised Canterbury Cathedral. Orchards and hop gardens earned the county its old name of the Garden of England. The Kent Downs shelter moated manors and great fortresses like Leeds Castle on its lake, while south lie the shingle and marsh of Dungeness.
The best of Kentworth the trip
Other sights in Kent 26
Villages & towns in Kent 31
Houses & gardens in Kent 42
- Sissinghurst Castle0.22 km²
- Leeds Castle1.6 km²
- Knole4 km²
- Scotney Castle1.3 km²
- Bedgebury National Pinetum0.34 km²
- Belmont House and Gardens0.83 km²
- Chartwell0.32 km²
- Doddington Place Gardens0.38 km²
- Kearsney Abbey Gardens0.07 km²
- Mount Ephraim Gardens0.13 km²
- Riverhill Himalayan Gardens0.31 km²
- Ightham Mote
- Penshurst Place1.9 km²
- Emmetts Garden
- Great Comp Garden
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- Temple Manor, Strood
- The Pines Garden
- Chevening2.6 km²
- Godinton House and Gardens1 km²
- Godmersham Park2.4 km²
- Elham: Kingpost
- Old Soar Manor
- Owletts
- Quebec House
- Smallhythe Place
- Sprivers
- Stoneacre
- Tudor Yeoman's House
- Wool House, Loose
- Cobham Hall3.4 km²
- Goodnestone Park Gardens1.1 km²
- Gravesend Cemetery0.02 km²
- Groombridge Place0.43 km²
- Long Barn0.01 km²
- Chilham Castle1.2 km²
- Combe Bank0.69 km²
- Hall Place1 km²
- Linton Park1.3 km²
- Mereworth Castle1.3 km²
- Northbourne Court0.23 km²
- Oxen Hoath1.2 km²
- The Japanese Garden, Bitchet Wood0.004 km²
Churches in Kent 20
- Canterbury Cathedral
- Rochester Cathedral
- St Augustine's, Brookland
- St Botolph's, Lullingstone
- St Clement's, Old Romney
- St Eanswith's, Brenzett
- St Leonard's, Hythe
- St Mary's, Higham
- St Thomas Becket, Fairfield
- St Dunstan's, Snargate
- St George's, Ivychurch
- St Mary Magdalene, Cobham
- St Mary the Virgin, Brook
- St Mary the Virgin, Minster-in-Thanet
- St Nicholas, New Romney
Windmills in Kent 13
Castles & strongholds in Kent 34
- Hever Castlestanding
- Dover Castleruin
- Deal Castleruin
- Rochester Castleruin
- Walmer Castle and Gardensruin
- Dymchurch Martello Towerruin
- St Leonard's Tower, West Mallingruin
- Western Heights, Doverruin
- Tonbridge Castleruin
- Eynsford Castleruin
- Canterbury Castleruin
- Chilham Castle keepruin
- Cooling Castleruin
- Leybourne Castleruin
- Lullingstone Castleruin
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- Saltwood Castleruin
- Sandgate Castleruin
- West Malling tower keepruin
- Westenhanger Castleruin
- Sutton Valence Castleruin
- Upnor Castleruin
- Castle Rough moated siteruin
- Castle Tollruin
- Gravesend blockhouseruin
- Old Scotney Castleruin
- Queenborough Castleruin
- Sandown Castleruin
- Stutfall Castleruin
- Binbury motteearthworks
- Thurnham motteearthworks
- Ringwork and bailey at Coldred Courtearthworks
- Ringwork and baileys at Church Farmearthworks
- Ringwork on Castle Hillearthworks
- Stowting Castleearthworks
Pubs & restaurants in Kent 22
- The Bridge Arms
- The Dog at Wingham
- The Fordwich Arms
- The Kentish Hare
- The Small Holding
- The West House
- Shipwright's Arms
- The Bottle House Inn
- The Dering Arms
- The Dove
- The Pepper Box Inn
- The Plough Inn
- The Spotted Dog
- The Tiger Inn (Stowting)
- The Woolpack
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Beaches & swimming in Kent 32
- Walpole Bay Tidal Pool
- Kingsgate Bay
- Botany Bay, Broadstairs
- St Margaret's Bay
- Folkestone
- Broadstairs, Stone Bay
- Broadstairs, Viking Bay
- Deal Castle
- Dymchurch
- Herne Bay
- Herne Bay Central
- Hythe
- Joss Bay, Broadstairs
- Margate Fulsam Rock
- Margate The Bay
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Farms, vineyards & producers in Kent 10
Protected landscapes in Kent 2
- High Weald1,462 km²
- Kent Downs879 km²
Nature reserves in Kent 123
- Samphire Hoe Country Park0.32 km²
- Barton's Point Country Park0.36 km²
- Beacon Wood Country Park0.28 km²
- Brockhill Country Park0.23 km²
- Capstone Farm Country Park0.85 km²
- Church Marshes Country Park0.54 km²
- Darenth Country Park0.33 km²
- East Cliff and Warren Country Park0.93 km²
- Fowlmead Country Park0.95 km²
- Haysden Country Park0.65 km²
- Jeskyns Country Park1.5 km²
- Leybourne Lakes Country Park0.9 km²
- Leysdown Coastal Country Park0.29 km²
- Lullingstone & Preston Hill Country Park2.9 km²
- Pegwell Bay Country Park0.29 km²
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- Ranscombe Farm Country Park3 km²
- Riverside Country Park0.31 km²
- Shorne Wood Country Park1.3 km²
- Trosley Country Park0.52 km²
- White Horse Wood Country Park0.29 km²
- High Rocks0.03 km²
- Carner Country Park0.18 km²
- Cobham Woods2.4 km²
- Lower Leas Coastal Country Park0.11 km²
- Oldbury and Seal Chart2.1 km²
- Peene Quarry Country Park0.05 km²
- Teston Bridge Country Park0.12 km²
- Elmley12 km²
- The Swale2.2 km²
- Eastcourt Meadows Country Park0.32 km²
- Manor Park0.21 km²
- Swanscombe Heritage Park0.28 km²
- Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay102 km²
- Medway Estuary and Marshes47 km²
- South Thames Estuary and Marshes53 km²
- Alkham, Lydden and Swingfield Woods2.3 km²
- Darenth Wood1.2 km²
- East Blean Woods1.5 km²
- Folkestone Warren3.2 km²
- Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment6 km²
- Holborough to Burham Marshes1.5 km²
- Hollingbourne Downs0.61 km²
- Knole Park3.8 km²
- Lullingstone Park0.66 km²
- One Tree Hill and Bitchet Common0.79 km²
- Orlestone Forest3.5 km²
- Otford to Shoreham Downs1.5 km²
- Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes18 km²
- Thanet Coast8.2 km²
- West Blean and Thornden Woods7.8 km²
- Wouldham to Detling Escarpment3.1 km²
- Blean Woods6.3 km²
- Ham Street Woods0.97 km²
- Lydden Temple Ewell0.78 km²
- North Kent Woods and Downs7.8 km²
- Sandwich & Pegwell Bay6.3 km²
- Stodmarsh2.5 km²
- Wye1.4 km²
- Chattenden Woods And Lodge Hill3.5 km²
- Chequer's Wood and Old Park1.1 km²
- Combwell Wood1.1 km²
- Ellenden Wood0.91 km²
- Farningham Wood0.74 km²
- Gibbin's Brook0.17 km²
- Hatch Park0.72 km²
- Hoad's Wood0.8 km²
- Hothfield Common0.56 km²
- Hubbard's Hill0.67 km²
- Ileden and Oxenden Woods0.86 km²
- Lympne Escarpment1.4 km²
- Lynsore Bottom0.71 km²
- Magpie Bottom0.52 km²
- Parkgate Down0.07 km²
- Purple Hill0.15 km²
- Queendown Warren0.22 km²
- Scords Wood and Brockhoult Mount2.5 km²
- Sevenoaks Gravel Pits0.74 km²
- Sheppey Cliffs and Foreshore3 km²
- Swanscombe Peninsula2.6 km²
- Wansunt Pit0.02 km²
- Westerham Mines0.25 km²
- High Halstow0.53 km²
- Swanscombe Skull Site0.02 km²
- Alex Farm Pastures0.05 km²
- Allington Quarry0.01 km²
- Aylesford Pit0.01 km²
- Bourne Alder Carr0.14 km²
- Brookland Wood0.11 km²
- Charing Beech Hangers0.53 km²
- Cowden Meadow0.01 km²
- Cowden Pound Pastures0.06 km²
- Dalham Farm0.09 km²
- Down Bank0.06 km²
- Dryhill0.12 km²
- Great Crabbles Wood0.33 km²
- Great Shuttlesfield Down0.22 km²
- Greatness Brickworks0.08 km²
- Hart Hill0.01 km²
- Houlder and Monarch Hill Pits0.01 km²
- Larkey Valley Wood0.44 km²
- Lenham Quarry0.04 km²
- Marden Meadows0.04 km²
- Oaken Wood0.19 km²
- Otterpool Quarry0.1 km²
- Park Wood, Chilham0.31 km²
- Parsonage Wood0.1 km²
- Pembury Cutting and Pit0.02 km²
- Peter's Pit0.29 km²
- Polebrook Farm0.13 km²
- Preston Marshes0.43 km²
- Robins Wood0.48 km²
- Rusthall Common0.03 km²
- Seabrook Stream0.24 km²
- Sissinghurst Park Wood0.34 km²
- Southborough Pit0.01 km²
- Spot Lane Quarry0 km²
- Sturry Pit0.01 km²
- Tankerton Slopes0.02 km²
- Tower Hill to Cockham Wood0.49 km²
- Trottiscliffe Meadows0.05 km²
- Wateringbury0 km²
- Westerham Wood0.43 km²
- Yockletts Bank0.25 km²
Abbeys & priories in Kent 23
- Reculver Towers and Roman Fortruin
- Faversham Stone Chapelruin
- Knights Templar Church, Doverruin
- Milton Chantryruin
- Horne's Place Chapelruin
- St John's Commandery, Swingfieldruin
- St Augustine's Abbeyruin
- St John's Jerusalemruin
- Bilsington Prioryruin
- Boxley Abbeyruin
- Horton Prioryruin
- Leeds Prioryruin
- Minster Abbey grange, Thanetruin
- Monastery at West Langdonruin
- Monastic grange at Friary Courtruin
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Trails in Kent 8
- North Downs Way246 km
- King Charles III England Coast Path4345 km
- Greensand Way174 km
- Saxon Shore Way257 km
- Sussex Border Path241 km
- High Weald Landscape Trail145 km
- Vanguard Way107 km
- Wealdway132 km
Coastline in Kent 6
Roman sites in Kent 5
- Richborough Roman Fortruin
- Classis Britannica fort, Doverearthworks
- Iden Green Roman fordearthworks
- Lullingstone Roman villaearthworks
- Otford Roman villaearthworks
Lighthouses in Kent 2
Islands in Kent 1
- Isle of Sheppey89 km²
Country estates in Kent 6
Hills & peaks in Kent 4
- Betsom's Hill251 m
- Holly Hill172 m
- Westerham Heights245 m
- Detling Hill202 m
Ancient stones in Kent 3
- Kit's Coty Housestanding
- Coldrum Long Barrow
- Oldbury hillfortearthworks