List of tourist attractions in Kent

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A list of tourist attractions in the English county of Kent

Contents 1 Historical buildings 2 Open spaces 3 Museums 4 Ancient monuments 5 Others

[edit] Historical buildings

Bayham Abbey Lamberhurst Canterbury Cathedral Chartwell, Winston Churchill's home Chiddingstone Castle Deal Castle Dover Castle Dungeness Power Station The Grange, Ramsgate Hever Castle Ightham Mote 14th century house Knole House, Sevenoaks Leeds Castle

Penshurst Place Reculver Roman Fort & Reculver Tower Richborough Castle & Roman Fort, near Sandwich Rochester Castle Rochester Cathedral St Augustine's Abbey,Canterbury Scotney Castle Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Sissinghurst Smallhythe Place, Tenterden Upnor Castle Walmer Castle & Gardens

[edit] Open spaces

Ashford Green Corridor Bedgebury Pinetum Bewl Water Bough Beech Reservoir, Ide Hill Brockhill Country Park Hoo Peninsula

Isle of Grain North Downs Way a long distance footpath Isle of Sheppey Stour Valley Walk Isle of Thanet The Wantsum Channel

[edit] Museums

Ashford Borough Museum Chatham Historic Dockyard Dolphin Yard Sailing Barge Museum Sittingbourne Kent Battle of Britain Museum

Kent International Airport (formerly known as London Manston Airport) with two aviation museums Ramsgate Maritime Museum Royal Engineers Museum of Military Engineering, Gillingham Willesborough Windmill Wye Rural Museum Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery, Maidstone

[edit] Ancient monuments

Coldrum Stones near Trottiscliffe

Julliberrie's Grave near Chilham

Kit's Coty House near Aylesford

Medway megaliths (various locations in the Medway valley)

[edit] Others

Bluewater Shopping Centre Chatham Dockyard Cinque Ports East Kent Railway Emmett's Garden, Ide Hill Faversham Gillingham Football Club Howletts Wild Animal Park near Canterbury Kent & East Sussex Railway

Margate Football Club, Hartsdown Park, Margate Port Lympne Zoo Rare Breeds Centre near Woodchurch Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Romney Marsh St. Lawrence Cricket Ground, Canterbury Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway Squerryes Court & Garden, Westerham Turner Contemporary to open in Margate