Once the home of Winston Churchill, Chartwell boasts spectacular views over the Kent countryside. The gardens include the various lakes and ponds which Churchill built, as well as Lady Churchill’s rose garden and a vegetable garden, which is being restored...

Situated on the site of a quarry that was closed in the 1950s, Dryhill Local Nature Reserve, near Sevenoaks in Kent, is a wonderful oasis of beauty and calmness. The quarry itself has led to the nature reserve becoming one...

The Green has been one of the most important public spaces in the history of the small but perfectly appointed Kent village of Westerham. Since there has been a community here the village green has been used as a...

James Wolfe was born in 1727 in Westerham, this tiny picturesque village in rural Kent. This great statue was erected to celebrate one of the areas most famous sons and put in the middle of the village where all...

Originally built during the 16th Century but added to during the 17th Century, this red brick house was the childhood home of General James Wolfe, famed for leading his British troops to victory over the French at the Battle of...

The Squerryes Court is a beautiful 17th century manor house, privately owned and lived in by the Warde family since 1731. Inside you will find a fine collection of Old Master paintings; furniture, porcelain and tapestries all collected in the...

This pretty church’s structure looks much newer than its history would suggest, the result of a fire in 1989 that destroyed all of the building except the 14th Century tower and the Stockets Chapel, paid for and named after the...

Built in the 13th Century and added to in the 14th century, this church dominates the Westerham skyline. Once inside visitors are particularly struck by the 14th Century circular staircase at the base of the tower, which is only...

Toys Hill forms part of the 450 acres of woodland that lies between the towns of Westerham, Edenbridge and Sevenoaks and is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Grade I site of national importance for nature conservation....

Westerham Commons is a large area of mostly wooded ground to the west of Westerham which is managed by the Squerryes Estate. Designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, the area is home to a wide variety of flora...

Winston Churchill purchased Chartwell House on the edge of Westerham in 1922, and apart from the periods that he spent in 10 Downing Street, lived there as his family home for the rest of his life. He was therefore...