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ALLINGTON

CANTERBURY

CHIDDINGSTONE

CHILHAM

COOLING

DEAL

DOVER

EYNSFORD

FOLKESTONE

HADLOW

HEVER

KINGSGATE

LEEDS

LYMPNE

PENSHURST PLACE

RECULVER

RICHBOROUGH

ROCHESTER

SALTWOOD

SANDGATE

SCOTNEY

SEVERNDROOG

ST. LEONARD'S TOWER

SUTTON VALENCE

TONBRIDGE

UPNOR

VANBRUGH

WALMER

WESTENHANGER

WHITSTABLE

Kent is the Garden of England - as well as our Home County.  It contains probably the best cross-section of English Castles out of all the Counties (only really Northumberland comes close). Amongst these are some of the best Castles that England has to offer - Rochester, Dover, Deal, Hever, Walmer and Leeds to name but a few.

The position of the county as closest to the European Continent and on the main route into London has made it strategically important from prehistoric times.

The north of the county is dominated by the North Downs which sweep across the south of London, through the Medway Towns (where we all were born) and past Canterbury to Dover where they form the famous White Cliffs. As you get closer to London the towns become more dense, but Kent as a whole is quite heavily populated. Amongst the many towns and cities are Rochester-upon-Medway, Chatham, Gravesend, Ashford, Gillingham, Canterbury, Dartford, Greenwich, Bromley, Dover, Deal, Tonbridge and Royal Tunbridge Wells.

In the centre of Kent is the Weald, the farming area which earned Kent its "Garden" nickname. The extreme south is the reclaimed land of Romney Marsh, Lympne Castle once stood on a cliff overlooking the English Channel.

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