Great Comp Garden is a magnificent 7 acre garden surround a 17th century Manor house. Great Comp Garden is a peaceful haven is planted with an exceptionally large and diverse range of plants from several continents. Colourful borders, interesting...
Emmetts Garden is an interesting hillside garden with year-round features. Influenced by William Robinson, this delightful plantsman's garden was laid out in the late 19th century, with many exotic and rare trees and shrubs from across the world....
Scotney Castle Garden is one of England's most romantic gardens, set in a beautiful wooded estate. Designed in the Picturesque style around the ruins of a 14th-century moated castle, the garden has spectacular displays of rhododendrons, azaleas a...
Sissinghurst Castle Garden is one of the world's most celebrated gardens, the creation of Vita Sackville-West and her husband Sir Harold Nicolson. Developed around the surviving parts of an Elizabethan mansion with a central red-brick prospect to...
Sprivers Garden is a small formal garden. The 18th-century style garden has walled and hedged compartments, herbaceous borders, a rose garden and nearby woodland walk....
Built during the reign of King Henry VIII, Walmer Castle is one of the most fascinating visitor attractions in the South East. Originally designed as part of a chain of coastal artillery defences it evolved into the official residence of the Lord Wa...
Beech Court Gardens is one of those special places that you tend to find, in the fullest sense. There you are one day bowling along through the North Downs in the Heart of Kent when suddenly you are face to face with one of Kent's finest. The fir...
Godinton House offers excellent guided tours of this ancient house, Jacobean with medieval hall, many stunning rooms, beautifully furnished. 500 years of fascinating history. The House A small statue of a horse set in a neat box hedge garden...
At Hall Place and Gardens there really is something for everyone. Visitors to the estate's fine Tudor mansion and award-winning gardens can enjoy fascinating history in a fabulous setting throughout the year. Hall Place is a Grade I listed Tudor ...
The Gardens The gardens have been designed as a combination of hedged rooms and tree lined avenues set on a south east slope ending in a woodland planted with specimen trees bordered by a stream. These peaceful and privately owned gardens,...
Eastbridge Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr. It is a hospital in the old sense of the word - a place of hospitality. Since its foundation in the 12th century the Archbishop of Canterbury has been the patron. In recent years the Master of Eastbrid...
Visitors to Goodnestone are always surprised to discover such a haven of beautiful tranquillity hidden away in south-east Kent. The gardens have many centuries of history behind them and have been created by generations of the FitzWalter family who h...
The Higham Park estate can be traced back to 1320 when it was ceded to the 'De Hegham' family by Edward II. Since those early days it has been home to many important and colourful characters, including in the 1920's Count Louis Vorrow Zborowski who c...
MacFarlane’s World of Butterflies is a fun and educational day out for all the family. Marvel at these stunningly beautiful, exotic insects from around the world and learn about their astonishing life cycle. Watch as your children’s eyes light up...
There have been three main periods in the construction of this historic castle. The oldest part of the castle dates to 1270 and consisted of the gatehouse and a walled bailey. In the early 1500s the Bullen family bought the castle and added a Tudor d...
Mount Ephraim Gardens is a beautiful place to visit, with plenty to offer and delight visitors. Unwind in these ten acres of gardens, set in the heart of an 800 acre estate with magnificent views over the Swale and Thames Estuaries. Whether you choos...
The New Tavern Fort is the remains of an 18th century fort situated within the Fort Gardens and built in the 1780s to defend the Thames against the threat of a naval attack from France and extensively rebuilt by General Gordon between 1865 and 1879. ...
The Secret Gardens were officially opened in 2007 by Gardener’s World host Monty Don and have since gone from strength to strength. Since the current owners took over in 2004 The Secret Gardens have gone through an extraordinary metamorphosis. The ...
Discover over 10 acres of gardens with rare specimen trees, towering rhododendrons and azaleas, bluebell walks, carpets of primroses and magnificent views across the Weald of Kent. Restoration of the Rose Walk is now complete, and looking fantastic....
At Doddington Place Gardens you can enjoy the country estate experience with something for all the family to enjoy – from stunning gardens to birds of prey, treasure hunt events and nature walks. Surrounded by wooded countryside in an area of outs...
The Broadview Garden Centre complex is a wonderful place to spend an afternoon. Located within the College grounds, just outside of Tonbridge, it includes ten acres of beautifully landscaped gardens, a retail Garden Centre, Kent Produce shop, Tearoom...
Described as 'the grandest and most perfectly preserved example of a fortified manor house in all England'. Penshurst Place has been the ancestral home of the Sydney family since 1552. At the heart of this medieval masterpiece is the Baron's Hall, bu...
Groombridge Place Gardens explore a series of beautiful traditional award winning heritage gardens against the backdrop of a 17th century moated manor house. Contemporary landscaping in the Enchanted Forest. Great special events programme....
Please Note: Squerryes Court and Gardens is CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Squerryes Court and Gardens is a seventeenth century house (c1681) with park, lake and garden. The old 'formal garden', of 1689, was removed in the eighteenth century but w...
The Whitstable Castle and Gardens is a wonderful day out for those of you with a few hours or even a whole day to spare. The best way to get the most out of your trip to the Castle is to combine it with a visit to nearby Whitstable Old Town, The H...
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