Oldbury Camp, Kent Downs

Name: Oldbury Camp
Address: Kent Downs, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Kent Downs

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Oldbury Camp is the largest Iron Age hill fort in south-eastern England. It was built in the 1st century BC by Celtic British tribes on a hilltop west of Ightham, Kent, in a strategic location overlooking routes through the Kentish Weald. The fort comprises a bank and ditch enclosing an area of about 50 hectares, with entrances at the north-east and south ends. Wooden gates barred the entrances. Archaeological excavations carried out in the 1930s and 1980s found that the hill fort's interior had probably not been permanently occupied. It had been abandoned around 50 BC and the north-east gate had been burned down, possibly due to a Roman invasion. The wooded southern part of Oldbury Camp is now owned and managed by the National Trust and is open to the public. ()

Coordinates: 51°16'48"N, 0°15'36"E

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Kent Downs United Kingdom

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Nearby attractions include: Knole House, Ightham Mote, Otford Palace, Vine Cricket Ground.

2.6 miW
History museum, Museum, Historical place
Knole House, Sevenoaks
66 min walk • Knole House, nestled in the lush greenery of Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, is a quintessential example of England's rich architectural heritage. This stately home, with its origins dating back to the mid-15th century, stands as a testament to the country's storied past.
1.5 miS
History museum, Museum, Architecture
Ightham Mote, Sevenoaks
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3.7 miNW
Palace
Otford Palace
94 min walk • Otford Palace, also known as the Archbishop's Palace, is in Otford, an English village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent. The village is located on the River Darent, flowing north down its valley from its source on the North Downs. The King of Mercia, Offa, fought the Kentish Saxons in 776 at the Battle of Otford.
2.9 miW
Sport, Sport venue
Vine Cricket Ground, Sevenoaks
74 min walk • The Vine Cricket Ground, also known as Sevenoaks Vine, is one of the oldest cricket venues in England. It was given to the town of Sevenoaks in Kent in 1773 by John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset and owner of nearby Knole House. The land is thought to have possibly been used as a vineyard for the Archbishops of Canterbury.
4.9 miE
51°18'6"N • 0°22'2"E
West Malling Golf Club, West Malling
124 min walk • Golf
2.8 miNW
Park
Kemsing Down, Kemsing
71 min walk • Kemsing Down is a 16-hectare nature reserve north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. It is in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Habitats in this downland site include ancient and secondary woodland, scrub and chalk grassland.
1 miSE
Park
Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve, Kent Downs
25 min walk • Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve in Ivy Hatch, north of Tonbridge in Kent, is a 0.5-hectare reserve managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. Several streams run through this small site, and there are many wetland plants, including sphagnum moss. There are many common spotted orchids, and trees such as alders and hazels.
0.6 miNE
Archaeological site
Oldbury rock shelters, Kent Downs
15 min walk • The Oldbury rock shelters are a complex of Middle Palaeolithic sites situated on the slopes of Oldbury hillfort near Ightham in the English county of Kent.
3.2 miSW
Garden, Park, Forest
Riverhill House, Sevenoaks
82 min walk • Riverhill House is a Grade II listed rag-stone Queen Anne manor house located on the southern edge of Sevenoaks in Kent, England.
2.8 miSE
Museum, History museum
Old Soar Manor
73 min walk • Old Soar Manor is an English Heritage property, owned and maintained by the National Trust. Located near Plaxtol, Kent, England, it is a small 13th century stone manor house. It is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England. Built in 1290, the manor originally belonged to the Culpepper family.
5.1 miNE
Museum
Chestnuts Long Barrow
131 min walk • Chestnuts Long Barrow, also known as Stony Warren or Long Warren, is a chambered long barrow near the village of Addington in the south-eastern English county of Kent.