Historic sites
Chartwell
Westerham, Kent
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.
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Natural features
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Sissinghurst, Kent
One of the most famous gardens in England, created in the 1930s by the writer Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson around the ruins of…
Walks and treks
White Cliffs of Dover
Dover, Kent
The famous chalk cliffs above the English Channel, a symbol of Britain for travellers arriving by sea.
Buildings
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury, Kent
The mother church of the Anglican Communion and one of England's oldest Christian sites, founded in 597.
Historic sites
Ightham Mote
Borough Green, Kent
A medieval manor house surrounded by a moat, hidden in a wooded valley.
Historic sites
Knole
Sevenoaks, Kent
One of the largest houses in England, more like a small town, built for an Archbishop of Canterbury and taken by Henry VIII.
Historic sites
Penshurst Place
Sevenoaks, Kent
One of the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England, home of the Sidney family since 1552.
Historic sites
Scotney Castle
Lamberhurst, Kent
The romantic ruin of a 14th-century moated castle, set as the centrepiece of a picturesque garden by the Hussey family when they built a new house on…
Historic sites
The Pantiles, Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An elegant Georgian colonnade in the old spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells, built around the Chalybeate Spring, whose iron-rich water was discovered …