Folkestone resident and globe-trotting travel writer Simon Richmond
turns the spotlight on his home county in this brand-new title,
part of Bradt's award-winning series of Slow travel guides to UK
regions. Walkers, cyclists, families, food and art lovers, and
wildlife enthusiasts are all catered for, with coverage of a wide
range of attractions, as well as all the practical information you
could need to plan and enjoy time spent in this delightful corner
of England. The diversity of Kent is striking, from Canterbury
Cathedral, part of a UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site, to
Dungeness, Kent's southernmost point, an extraordinary location and
home to artist and film-maker Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage. The
village of Pluckley was once named England's most haunted by the
Guinness World Records, while St Leonard's Church in Hythe has the
largest and best-preserved collection of ancient human skulls and
bones in Britain. This in-depth guide covers all the most popular
places as well as many of the lesser-known ones, dividing the
county into five easy-to-follow chapters. Explore Dover and spend
time at its iconic White Cliffs, saunter through Vita
Sackville-West's gorgeous gardens at the National Trust's
Sissinghurst estate, visit the grave of Pocahontas in Gravesend,
and contemplate the delightful and thought-provoking public art of
the revitalised seaside town of Folkestone. History has been made
in Kent, at Hever Castle, where Anne Boleyn spent her childhood and
which was later restored by William Waldorf Astor, and at
Chartwell, the family home and garden of Sir Winston Churchill.
Kent's food and drink offering is increasingly celebrated, with a
growing reputation for high quality restaurants and boutique
wineries, not to mention the world's oldest brewer and largest
collection of fruit trees at Faversham. From flora and fauna to
castles, watersports, beaches and wildlife, discover Kent with
Bradt's unique Slow travel guide.
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