Historic sites

Chartwell

United Kingdom Kent Westerham

Chartwell
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The family home of Sir Winston Churchill from 1924 until the end of his life, kept much as it was in the 1930s, with his books, pictures and uniforms. His studio in the garden holds many of his own paintings.


The gardens look out across the Weald of Kent, with the lakes and the brick walls Churchill built with his own hands. Book a timed ticket for the house at busy times.

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