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Downe

(0.5 miles, 0.8 km)

In common with most of this region the history of Downe reaches down the centuries to the days of the Romans and William the Conqueror...

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Titsey Place

Oxted

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction S)

A walk around the village reveals a riot of attractive 17th and 18th century cottages all standing on a rise surrounded by pretty flower-filled gardens...

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Shoreham village in Kent

Shoreham

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction E)

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Poppies near Eynsford village, Kent

Eynsford

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction E)

This is a small town in the Darent Valley. Way back in the mists of history it was thought to be an important town, but is now not much bigger than a large village. It is.....

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Eltham Palace

Eltham

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction N)

The attractive suburb of Eltham is part of the urban sprawl of Greater London...

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Village Church

Chiddingstone

(10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction SE)

Fascinating village, owned by the National Trust which is crammed with beautiful properties from the 16th and 17th-century probably built with iron-industry money...

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Greenwich

Greenwich

(10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction N)

The might of british sea-power and the historic town of Greenwich are inseparable. Two famous English sea-faring vessels are here, one is the Cutty Sark, a famous old clipper that shipped tea from China in the 19th-century, and the other, from the 20th-century is Gypsy Moth 1V, sailed round the world by Sir Francis Chichester...

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The Dartford Crossing on the Thames in Kent

Dartford

(10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction NE)

The interest of the town focus's on The Holy Trinity Church, this originated in the 11th century and has a Norman tower...

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Ightham

(10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction E)

Ightham is a picturesque village in Kent, four miles east of Sevenoaks and six miles north of Tonbridge. The name is made famous by the nearby National Trust attraction 'Ightham.....

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Shipbourne Church

Shipbourne

(11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction SE)

Shipbourne is a picturesque village situated between Sevenoaks and Tonbridge...

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Quebec House

(4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction S)

Childhood home of General James Wolfe, victor of the Battle of Quebec (1759)...

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Squerryes Court Mansion

Squerryes Court

(5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction S)

A beautiful 17th century manor house situated in parkland in Westerham, Kent. The property has been the home of the Warde family.....

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Blue bell bank, Emmetts Garden, Kent

Emmetts Garden

(6.1 miles, 9.9 km, direction SE)

This must be the most perfectly positioned of all the gardens in the care of the National Trust. It occupies a majestic hill-top.....

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Chartwell- The home of Sir Winston Churchill. Kent

Chartwell

(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction S)

The home of Sir Winston Churchill, from 1924 until his death. Churchill purchased it for its magnificent views across the weald.....

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Bridge at Lullingstone country park

Lullingstone Country Park

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction E)

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South Norwood Country Park

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction NW)

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Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, View over Lake

Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction SE)

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Crematorium at Elmers End, Beckenham, Kent

Beckenham Crematorium & Cemetery

(6.6 miles, 10.7 km, direction NW)

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Lullingstone Castle

Lullingstone Castle

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction E)

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Lullingstone Roman Villa, Kent.

Lullingstone Roman Villa

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction NE)

The remarkable remains of Lullingstone Roman Villa lay hidden for centuries, and were only revealed in excavations of 1939. Prior.....

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