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Chiddingstone

(1.7 miles, 2.8 km, direction S)

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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Tonbridge Castle

Tonbridge

(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction E)

Fine streets show a rich variety of architecture including typical Wealden tile-hung properties, and handsome Georgian and Victorian buildings dominating the river scene...

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Shipbourne

(6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction E)

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

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The gardens at Titsey Place

Oxted

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction NW)

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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Groombridge Station

Groombridge

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction S)

In an area of attractive, outstanding villages, Groombridge with its 18th-century tiled cottages against the back-drop of a beautiful village green, stands out as being the very epitome of the perfect English village...

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A picture of Plaxtol

Plaxtol

(7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction NE)

This is a picturesque Kentish village at the centre of the counties hop growing fields. It has interesting Oast houses and a concentration of charming brick built cottages...

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The Pantiles at Royal Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction SE)

Also known as Royal Tunbridge Wells and only a short distance from London, this popular spa town gained a reputation as the place to see and be seen during Georgian Times frequented by royalty and fashionable members of aristocracy. It also happens to be surrounded by some of the most beautiful countryside in England. ..

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St. Peter Church, Ightham

Ightham

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction NE)

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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Shoreham village in Kent

Shoreham

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction N)

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Plaque in Honour of the RCAF at Queen Victoria Hospital

East Grinstead

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction SW)

East Grinstead became notable following World War II for its Queen Victoria Hospital where remarkable plastic surgery operations were performed on badly burned servicemen...

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Hever Castle - UK_flag

Hever Castle

(2.0 miles, 3.2 km, direction SW)

The very mention of Hever Castle conjures up memories of Anne Boleyn, the bewitching young girl for whom Henry VIII divorced.....

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Chiddingstone Castle in Kent. taken in 1987

Chiddingstone Castle

(2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction S)

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Blue bell bank, Emmetts Garden, Kent

Emmetts Garden

(3.0 miles, 4.9 km, direction N)

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

(3.2 miles, 5.1 km, direction NW)

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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Penshurst Place, Kent

Penshurst Place and Gardens

(3.3 miles, 5.3 km, direction SE)

A beautiful Medieval Manor House set in 11 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens, which date back to 1346. The manor House has.....

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Squerryes Court Mansion

Squerryes Court

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction NW)

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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Knole House

Knole House & Deer Park

(4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction NE)

This is one of England's most glorious houses. Set as it is in the midst of a magnificent park studded with ancient trees, the.....

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Quebec House

(4.6 miles, 7.5 km, direction NW)

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

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Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, View over Lake

Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve

(5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction N)

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Tonbridge Castle

Tonbridge Castle

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction E)

A fire in 1088 destroyed the first castle at Tonbridge, and the evocative remains we see today are of a later castle which was.....

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