Kemsing Down, Kemsing
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Facts and practical information
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. ()
Kemsing United Kingdom
Kemsing Down – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Knole House, Lullingstone Castle, Otford Palace, Shoreham Aircraft Museum.
- 3.3 miSHistory museum, Museum, Historical place
Knole House, Sevenoaks
84 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.
- 3.3 miNMuseum, History museum
Lullingstone Castle
85 min walk • Nestled in the idyllic Kent countryside, Lullingstone Castle is a hidden gem steeped in history and charm. This remarkable estate, with its origins dating back to the time of the Domesday Book, has been the family seat of the Hart Dyke family for over 20 generations.
- 1.3 miWPalace
Otford Palace
35 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.
- 2.4 miNWSpecialty museum, History museum, Museum
Shoreham Aircraft Museum, Shoreham
63 min walk • The Shoreham Aircraft Museum is located in the village of Shoreham near Sevenoaks in Kent, England, on the south-east edge of Greater London.
- 2.8 miSEArchaeological site
Oldbury Camp, Kent Downs
71 min walk • 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.
- 2.8 miSWSport, Sport venue
Vine Cricket Ground, Sevenoaks
73 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.
- 1.3 miNWPark
Fackenden Down, Kent Downs
33 min walk • Fackenden Down is a 14-hectare nature reserve north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.
- 2.6 miWPark
Polhill Bank, Kent Downs
68 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.
- 2.7 miNEWindmill
West Kingsdown Windmill, Kent Downs
68 min walk • West Kingsdown Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, that was built in the early nineteenth century at Farningham and moved to West Kingsdown in 1880. It is the survivor of a pair of windmills.
- 2.7 miSEArchaeological site
Oldbury rock shelters, Kent Downs
70 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.
- 2.8 miWMuseum
Polhill Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Kent Downs
71 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.