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Beautiful houses & amazing gardens to visit in and around Tenterden
If you fancy a trip down memory lane, take a trip on the Kent & East Sussex Steam Railway to Bodiam Castle via Northiam.
For the gardners amongst you visit the late Chrstopher Lloyd's Great Dixter House & Gardens in Northiam - just off the A28.
Sissinghurst Castle Gardens, the recent subject of a series of programmes by the B.B.C. about the home of garden dsigner - Vita Sackville-West and writer - Harold Nicolson.
Smallhythe Place - Ellen Terry's early 16th-century house and cottage gardens with a unique collection of theatrical costumes and personal mementoes. Thatched barn theatre and rose garden children's quiz and trail in a tranquil rural setting.
Bodiam Castle, Robertsbridge, East Sussex. Perfect example of a late medieval moated castle. One of Britain's most famous and evocative castles with medieval battlements, ramparts and moat to explore.
Wonderful views across an archaeology-rich landscape.
Scotney Castle - Victorian country house and 14th-century ruined castle with romantic garden in a wooded estate. One of England's most romantic gardens. Ruined 14th-century castle with moat. Rare heather-thatched ice house. Superb displays of rhododendrons and azaleas. 311 hectares (770 acres) of beautiful estate parkland to explore. Only NationalTrust-owned working hop farm.
Chartwell - Family home and garden of Sir Winston Churchill, the BBC's 'Greatest Briton' Unrivalled collection of Churchill paintings, photographs and memorabilia. Beautiful rose and water gardens commissioned by the Churchills. Countryside walks with stunning views over the Weald. Productive vegetable garden restored using original plans.
Bateman's - Jacobean house, home of Rudyard Kipling.
Left just as he left it, reflecting the author's exotic oriental tastes.
Original illustrations for The Jungle Book, drawn by Detmold brothers.
Delightful gardens run down to the River Dudwell and a working watermill. Kipling's 1928 Phantom 1 Rolls-Royce.
Historic Hever Castle and Gardens with its enchanting double-moated castle and 125 acres of spectacular gardens to explore, offers the visitor plenty to discover and enjoy.
Hever Castle is an important historic castle on the English landscape, once the family home of one of England’s most famous Queens – Anne Boleyn, the intriguing second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I.
