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The Guildhall, a Grade II listed building in the town square, was built in 1579, with work in 1812 it was encased in yellow brick, this was removed 100 years later in 1912, when the south-west wing was also added. Further alterations were undertaken later in the 20th century. It contains antique panelling and paintings, particularly within the council chamber, Read more…
Sandwich corn smock mill and cottage were built in 1760. You can see the white windmill with original wooden machinery, museum and gift shop. Read more…
Groombridge Place Gardens is split into areas including the Knot Garden, The Secret Garden, White Rose Garden, Herbaceous Border, Oriental Garden, Drunken Garden and the Draughtsman’s Lawn. You also have the Enchanted Forest set on the hillside overlooking Groombridge Place. Here you have playgrounds, swings, excellent views, quiet seats and free roaming animals. Read more…
Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan waterfront artillery fort built in 1559 on the River Medway to protect warships moored at Chatham dockyards. Upnor Castle has an audio tour where you can learn about life in the castle. Read more…
Ightham Mote originally dates to around 1320, and successive owners have made relatively few changes to the main structure. In fact, the last major work was the completion of the quadrangle with a new chapel in the 16th century. This medieval manor house is a great example that shows how such houses would have looked in the Middle Ages with Read more…
St Augustine’s Abbey situated outside the city walls was founded shortly after AD 597 by St Augustine. Originally created as a burial place for the Anglo-Saxon kings of Kent, it is part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site, along with the cathedral and St Martin’s Church. Read more…
Hever Castle began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539 it was the seat of the Boleyn, originally ‘Bullen’, family. Anne Boleyn, the second queen consort of King Henry VIII of England, spent her early youth there, after her father, Thomas Boleyn had inherited it in 1505. He had been born there in 1477, Read more…
Quex House is a family home and has six rooms of the Regency Mansion open to the public. The house includes gardens, woodland and the Powell-Cotton Museum. The museum includes the life’s work of Major P.H.G Powell-Cotton (1866-1940), displayed are collections of objects, stories, photographs and a huge collection of natural history presented through taxidermy. Read more…
Historic Dockyard Chatham reveals the full dockyard story Step aboard the Three Historic Warships and discover over 100 years of life at sea. Don’t miss the Victorian Naval Sloop HMS Gannet, Second World War Destroyer HMS Cavalier, and Cold War Submarine Ocelot! Read more…
Stoneacre is a 15th-century half-timbered yeoman’s house and harmonious garden, orchard and meadows. Occupied as private residence and administered on the National Trust’s behalf by tenants. Read more…
Dickens House Museum was once the home of Miss Mary Pearson Strong on whom Dickens based the character of Miss Betsey Trotwood in the novel “David Copperfield”. The house is a museum to commemorate the Dickens’ association with Broadstairs. Read more…
Dover Museum collections include: Archaeology gallery — Dover and the Dover District Council area (including Deal and Walmer, which do not yet have their own town museum, only the Deal Maritime Museum) from prehistoric times to 1066, including Roman and Saxon Dover (including the Saxon cemetery from Buckland). History of Dover town, Cinque Ports and Dover Castle from 1066 to Read more…
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