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GETALIFEGUIDE
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Castles, houses and gardens for essex and kent
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AUDLEY END HOUSE & GARDENS , NEAR SAFFRON WALDEN
Jacobean palace with fine furnishings and art collection set in a landscaped park
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CRESSING TEMPLE MEDIEVAL BARNS & GARDEN NEAR WITHAM TEL 01376-584903
Knights templar settlement barns with exhibits set in attractive grounds
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COALHOUSE VICTORIAN COSTAL DEFENCE FORTRESS AND PARK , EAST TILBURY
Victorian Thames coastal defence fortress set in a park
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BLAKE HALL GARDENS BOBBINGWORTH NEAR ONGAR
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COLCHESTER CASTLE AND MUSEUM , COLCHESTER
Norman keep housing a museum , local history hands-on exhibits and audio-history of the prison
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COGGESHALL GRANGE BARN , NR COLCHESTER
12th century timber frame barn include farm carts and wagons exhibits
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HEDINGHAM CASTLE NORMAN KEEP , CASTLE HEDINGHAM
Magnificent Norman keep built in 1140 former home of Earl of Oxford
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MARKS HALL ESTATE GARDENS COGGESHALL TEL 01376-563796
Over 300 acre estate with Arboretum , Walled garden , visitor centre , ornamental lakes and a dragon
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INGATESTONE HALL MANOR HOUSE , INGATESTONE TEL 01277-353010
Tudor house and gardens with fine furnishings and art collection set in attractive grounds
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PAYCOCK'S HOUSE & GARDEN , COGGESHALL
16th century merchants house with fine carvings with attractive gardens
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MOUNTFITCHET CASTLE & NORMAN VILLAGE , STANSTED
Norman motte and bailey castle and reconstructed Norman village with roaming animals
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TILBURY FORT 17TH CENTURY , TILBURY
Henry VIII coastal fort which was extended greatly during the 17th century
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KENT
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BEECHCOURT GARDENS, CHALLOCK TEL 01233-740735
Tranquil gardens with much colour , trees Vibernum walk, Roses and much more
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CHARTWELL HOUSE , NEAR WESTERHAM
Former home of Sir Winston churchill containing many of his belongings set in attractive grounds
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DEAL CASTLE , DEAL
Former Henry VIII coastal defence with Dark Passages and exhibits
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DOVER CASTLE , DOVER
Magnificent 12th century keep with secret Wartime tunnels and wonderful sea views
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DUNGENESS OLD LIGHTHOUSE , DUNGENESS TEL 01797-321300
Disused lighthouse with tours and lots of steps
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FINCHCOCKS LIVING MUSEUM OF MUSIC AND GARDEN GOUDHURST
Mansion house with large collection of historic musical instruments set in attractive gardens
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HEVER CASTLE & GARDENS , HENRY VIII PALACE WITH FURNISHINGS AND MAGNIFICENT GROUNDS NEAR EDENBRIDGE
Former Home of Anne Boleyn with fine furnishings , art and magnificent gardens inc water maze
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GROOMBRIDGE PLACE GARDENS & ENCHANTED FOREST ,NR TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Attractive gardens with enchanted forest , Birds of Prey
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IGHTHAM MOTE , IVY HATCH NEAR SEVENOAKS
Moated manor much restored by National Trust surrounded by attractive gardens
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KNOLE HOUSE & DEER PARK ,SEVENOAKS
Magnificent stately manor house with fine furnishings and art set in a huge deer park
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LEEDS CASTLE & PARK , MAIDSTONE
" Loveliest castle in the world " set in magnificent park with Aviaries , Maze , shell Grotto etc
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HIGHAM PARK STATELY HOME & GARDENS NEAR CANTERBURY
Stately home with Lovely Restored staterooms and attractive gardens with Acers, roses etc
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MOUNT EPHRAIM GARDENS , TOPIARY ,ROSE TERRACE ETC FAVERSHAM
Edwardian gardens which inlude Topiary , Japanese Rock garden , Millennium Rose garden etc
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BELMONT 18TH CENT HOUSE , NEAR FAVERSHAM TEL 01795-890202
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FORT AMHERST NAPOLEONIC FORTRESS , PERIOD COSTUMES , EXHIBITIONS ETC CHATHAM
Napoleonic fortress with tunnels , barracks , civil defence exhibition , period costume , re-enactments etc
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GOODNESTONE PARK GARDENS NEAR CANTERBURY TEL 01304-840107
14 acres of beautiful gardens with Arboretum , Walled garden , shrubbery, roses collection
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QUEX HOUSE GARDENS AND POWELL-COTTON MUSEUM , BIRCHINGTON TEL 01843-842168
Containes the collections of stuffed animals , tribal art and memerobilia ofMajor Powell-Cotton and gardens
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ROCHESTER CASTLE NORMAN STRONGHOLD ROCHESTER
Well preserved Norman keep
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SCOTNEY CASTLE GARDEN , LAMBERHURST
Pictureque style gardens surrounding the ruins of a 14th century castle
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SMALL HYTHE PLACE & GARDEN , TENTERDEN
Former home of the actress Ellen Terry containing memorobilia , attractive garden and barn theatre
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TONBRIDGE CASTLE & GARDEN , NORMAN MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE
Norman motte and bailey castle
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SQUERRIES COURT MANOR HOUSE & GARDENS WESTERHAM
Manor house with furnishings and art collection set in attractive landscaped gardens
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WALMER CASTLE , WALMER
Henry VIII coastal defence with attractive gardens
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RIVERHILL HOUSE GARDENS, SEVENOAKS TEL 01732-458802
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PENSHURST PLACE & GARDENS , WALLED GARDEN , TOY MUSEUM ETC NR TONBRIDGE
Magnificent house with furnishings with landscaped gardens , Toy Museum , childens venture playground
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LULLINGSTONE CASTLE , MANSION WITH FURNISHED ROOMS SET IN ATTRACTIVE GROUNDS , EYNSFORD TEL 01322-862114
Mansion house with fine furnished rooms set in landscaped grounds
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CHIDDINGSTONE CASTLE AND GARDENS NEAR EDENBRIDGE
Manor house with fine collection of antiquities and furnishings set in landscaped grounds
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MARTELLO TOWER NO 3 , FOLKESTONE TEL 01303-242113
Defece tower built to defend against a possible invasion by Napolean ring for opening times
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LAYER MARNEY TOWER ,NR COLCHESTER
Tudor brick gatehouse with gardens and rare breeds farm and red deer herd
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GNOME MAGIC GARDENS NR ARDLEIGH
Home to 500 gnomes set in attractive gardens and woodland
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SARRE WINDMILL , NR CANTERBURY TEL 01843-847573
Windmill with Rural history exhibits and animal farm
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SALMESTONE GRANGE , MARGATE
Well preserved monastic Grange
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BLEAK HOUSE , BROADSTAIRS
Former Charles Dickens house with Museum
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UPNOR CASTLE ROCHESTER
Elizabethan fort Built in 1559 and attacked by the Dutch in 1667
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RESTORATION HOUSE , USED BY DICKENS IN GREAT EXPECTATIONS , ROCHESTER
As used by Charles Dickens in Great Expectations
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MARLE PLACE GARDENS , TEL 01892-722304
5o acres of artist designed gardens
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EMMETS GARDEN , BRASTED NEAR SEVENOAKS
Attractive gardens with fine views over Kent from its elevated position
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LULLINGSTONE ROMAN VILLA EXCAVATIONS INC MOSAIC FLOORS AND CHRISTIAN CHAPEL
Roman villa villa excavations which include marble floors and a christian chaple
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BETH CHATTO GARDENS , COLCHESTER
Wonderful gardens created by Beth Chatto includes Gravel , Wetland and Woodland settings
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DODDINGTON PLACE GARDENS , NEAR SITTINGBOURNE
Attractive 10 acres of gardens surrounding victorian house inc Rockery and woodland garden
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GREAT COMP GARDEN , NEAR BOROUGH GREEN
7 acre garden with lovely woodland walks and an extensive collection of colourful plants
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BEDGEBURY PINETUM , NR GOUDHURST TEL 01580-211781
Set in over 300 acres of landscaped grounds containining the worlds largest collection of conifers
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BROGDALE HORTICULURAL TRUST , FAVERSHAM TEL
National fruit tree collection in 150 acres over 4000 varities of trees and plants
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SISSINGHURST CASTLE GARDEN , NEAR CRANBROOK
Attractive gardens created by Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicholson
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