The famous astronomer John Herschel, discover of the planet Uranus has an association with the parish church of St Augustine’s in Flimwell in East Sussex. The astronomer would use the flat roof of the original church to scan the night...

The Assumption of Blessed Mary and St Nicholas Church in the East Sussex village of Etchingham was started in the 14th Century as a private church for Sir William de Echyngham. The church was surrounded by a moat, the remains...

The Kent village of Hawkhurst has been home to a Baptist church since the early 18th Century. Construction of today’s church located on Western Road and was started in 1891 and the church was completed after two years in April...

If you enjoyed The Jungle Book or the Just So stories, then take a trip to the home of Rudyard Kipling. See the original drawings of Mowgli and Shere Khan (characters of The Jungle Book), and Kipling’s study – just...

Open all year, Bedgebury is the perfect place for walking, cycling, riding and playing in a spectacular world of trees. The National Pinetum is a world-class collection of dramatic conifers and a beautiful setting for a country walk in all...

The small mid Kent village of Hawkhurst has an impressive golf course at the Hawkhurst Golf and Squash Club. The course is laid out as a nine hole course with many traps, water hazards and bunkers to catch out the...

Today the crossroads in the centre of the Kent village of Hawkhurst is a busy traffic intersection but in 1914 when the War Memorial was erected it was considered a suitable location for the memorial. The simple granite monument honours...

Hawkhurst in Kent has many churches including a fine Methodist Church one of the main roads into the town. The building was constructed by the Victorian Methodists in the mid 1850s out of locally manufactured red bricks. Religious services...

A winner of the Historic Houses Association / Christie’s Garden of the Year Award, Pashley Manor Gardens is a privately-owned 11 acre quintessential English garden with a unique belnd of romantic landscaping, fountains, imaginative plantings, and some find old trees....

The small Kent town of Hawkhurst has five churches one of which is Hawkhurst St Barnabas Catholic Church. The church is located near to the village’s golf course and is housed in a modern purpose designed red brick building. The...

The small town of Hawkhust in Kent is built over the valley between two large hills upon each was constructed a church. One of these churches is St Laurence Parish Church. St Laurence Parish Church is a beautiful 12th Century...