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The lovely landscaped gardens are set in the grounds of an imposing Victorian mansion and cover ten acres. There is a notable woodland garden – spectacular in May and June – which includes many different varieties of rhododendron and azalea;...
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Located just outside of Sittingbourne is the Oast Golf Centre. The Oast Golf Centre was opened to the public in 1989 and offers a variety of facilities for the golfer including a well equipped driving range, putting green and a...
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The small village of Kingsdown has only a couple of houses but also a most impressive and architecturally important Victorian church in St Catherine’s Church. The church was designed by noted architect Edward Welby Pugin and replaced a much older...
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Despite its rather gruesome name, The Beheading of St John the Baptist Church in the small Kent village of Doddington is an enchanting and beautiful country church. This medieval building was first erected on top of a steep valley soon...
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St Lawrence Church in Bapchild, near Sittingbourne, can trace its history back to Norman times. Much of today’s church, however, dates from the mid Victorian era when architects decided to modernise the church to the then vogue. Inside the church...
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The pretty Church of St Mary in the tiny village of Norton can be hard to find hidden as it is behind a large orchard field. Once found the 11th Century church is a delight. The church is fairly traditional...
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The magnificent St Nicholas Church in the Kent village of Rodmersham was started in the 15th Century and constructed out of locally quarried dark flint and stone. Indeed the church’s imposing tower is widely considered to be one of the...
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The village of Lynsted in Kent is a small community that comprises a few shops and the large parish church of St Peter and St Paul. The church is quite conventional in design with a large square tower buttressed onto...
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St Peter’s Church in Oare, near Faversham, has one of the nicest views in all of Kent. The church is located on a sharp ridge overlooking Oare Creek and looks down upon a number of yacht and boat marinas. St...
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The two Kent villages of Doddington and Newnham are separated by around three miles and it seemed appropriate that they would share a War Memorial to honour the men lost to both communities in the First World War. The Doddington...
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