Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks

#11 among attractions in Sevenoaks

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Fort Halstead is a research site of Dstl, an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence. It is situated on the crest of the Kentish North Downs, overlooking the town of Sevenoaks, southeast of London. Originally constructed in 1892 as part of a ring of fortresses around London, Fort Halstead was to be staffed by volunteers in the event of a crisis. ()

Coordinates: 51°18'42"N, 0°8'58"E

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Sevenoaks United Kingdom

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Fort Halstead – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chevening, Polhill Bank, Chatham Vase, Polhill Anglo-Saxon cemetery.

1.3 miSW
Park
Chevening, Kent Downs
34 min walk • Chevening House is a large country house in the parish of Chevening in Kent, in south east England. Built between 1617 and 1630 to a design reputedly by Inigo Jones and greatly extended after 1717, it is a Grade I listed building. The surrounding gardens, pleasure grounds and park are listed Grade II*.
1 miNE
Park
Polhill Bank, Kent Downs
26 min walk • Polhill Bank is a 4-hectare nature reserve south of Shoreham, which is north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. It is in Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This chalk grassland site is on a south-east slope.
1.3 miSW
Memorial
Chatham Vase, Kent Downs
32 min walk • The Chatham Vase is a stone sculpture by John Bacon commissioned as a memorial to William Pitt the Elder by his wife, Hester, Countess of Chatham. It was originally erected at their house in Burton Pynsent in 1781.
0.4 miE
Museum
Polhill Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Kent Downs
11 min walk • Polhill Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a place of burial that was used in the seventh and eighth centuries CE. It is located close to the hamlet of Polhill, near Sevenoaks in Kent, South-East England.