Rolvenden War Memorial

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Rolvenden War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Rolvenden, Kent, in south-eastern England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was unveiled in 1922 and is today a grade II listed building. ()

Unveiled: 28 May 1922Coordinates: 51°3'4"N, 0°37'55"E

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Rolvenden War Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bodiam Castle, Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Great Dixter, Smallhythe Place.

5.1 miSW
Forts and castles, Historical place
Bodiam Castle, Robertsbridge
131 min walk • Bodiam Castle stands as an archetypal medieval fortress surrounded by a broad, serene moat in the heart of East Sussex, near the village of Robertsbridge, United Kingdom. This 14th-century castle, built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III...
4.9 miNW
Park, Garden, Historical place
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Cranbrook
127 min walk • Nestled in the quaint town of Cranbrook in the United Kingdom, Sissinghurst Castle Garden is a horticultural masterpiece that beckons garden enthusiasts and tourists alike. This renowned garden in England is celebrated for its romantic design, vibrant floral displays...
4.1 miSW
Museum, History museum, Garden
Great Dixter, Rye
106 min walk • Great Dixter is a house in Northiam, East Sussex, England. It was built in 1910–12 by architect Edwin Lutyens, who combined an existing mid-15th century house on the site with a similar structure brought from Benenden, Kent, together with his own additions.
3.1 miE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Smallhythe Place, Tenterden
78 min walk • Smallhythe Place in Small Hythe, near Tenterden in Kent, is a half-timbered house built in the late 15th or early 16th century and since 1947 cared for by the National Trust.
3.4 miSW
Memorial
Sandhurst War Memorial, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
88 min walk • Sandhurst War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Sandhurst in Kent, south-eastern England, close to the border with East Sussex.
5 miNW
Historical place, Windmill
Union Mill, Cranbrook
129 min walk • Union Mill is a Grade I listed smock mill in Cranbrook, Kent, England, which has been restored to working order. It is the tallest smock mill in the United Kingdom.
3.2 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Sinden Theatre, Tenterden
82 min walk • The Sinden Theatre is located within the grounds of Homewood School in the heart of the Weald in Tenterden, Kent, England. It was opened in 2004 and is named after its patron, the actor and former local resident, the late Sir Donald Sinden CBE.
5 miS
Park
Flatropers Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
127 min walk • Flatropers Wood is a 38-hectare nature reserve in Rye in East Sussex. It is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. The wood is mainly oak and birch, but there are also areas of sweet chestnut and former plantations of Scots pine and beech.
2.7 miNE
Memorial
Cavell Van, Tenterden
69 min walk • The Cavell Van is the prototype Parcels and Miscellaneous Van built by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1919. It is so named because it was the van which carried the body of Edith Cavell when it was repatriated to the United Kingdom following the end of the First World War.
4.8 miSE
Windmill
Stocks Mill
124 min walk • Stocks Mill is a Grade II* listed post mill in Wittersham on the Isle of Oxney, in Kent, England which has been preserved.
3.2 miW
Forest
Parsonage Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
81 min walk • Parsonage Wood is a 9.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Cranbrook in Kent. It is owned and managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. This is an example of a woodland ghyll in the High Weald.