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Towns in Kent
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Addington
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Aldington
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Alkham
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Allhallows
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Allington
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Ash
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Ashford
Ashford is a busy market town which still has many medieval houses for you to admire. It is a convient central point to tour from, to visit the numerous attractive villages. |
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Aylesford
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Badlesmere
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Bapchild
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Barfreston
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Bearsted
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Bekesbourne
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Beltinge
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Benenden
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Bethersden
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Bicknor
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Bidborough
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Biddenden
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Bilsington
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Birchington
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Birling
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Bishopstone
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Blean
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Bobbing
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Borden
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Borough Green
Borough Green is a quiet village in Kent. Around the chapel in the centre of the village are a number of varied shops, eating places, banks and not far away the railway station with regular direct access to London. |
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Boughton Aulph
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Boughton Malherbe
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Boughton Monchelsea
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Boughton Street
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Boxley
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Brabourne
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Brasted
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Bredgar
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Bredhurst
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Brenchley
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Brenzett
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Bridge
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Broadstairs
Broadstairs has an old world charm all of its own. There are winding streets, and fishermen's cottages cluster round the harbour. Viking bay is the town's main beach, but there are six other bays for you to enjoy. |
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Bromfield
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Brompton
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Brook
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Brookland
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Broomfield
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Burham
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Burmarsh
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Canterbury
This beautiful city with cobbled lanes and streets, is the seat of the Anglican Communion and Kent's premier tourist destination. |
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Charing
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Chartham
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Chatham
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Chattenden
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Chestfield
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Chevening
A peaceful spot at the end of a quiet country lane, Chevening is essentially a great mansion and its estate, with a church and a small group of cottages. |
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Chiddingstone
Chiddingstone is a beautiful Kentish village with a perfect row of Tudor houses. Their half-timbered gables, mullions and casement windows, picturesque red-tiled roofs and projecting upper storeys have provided a setting for many films. |
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Chilham
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Chillenden
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Chislet
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Cliffe
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Cliftonville
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Cobham
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Coldred
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Cooling
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Cowden
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Cranbrook
Cranbrook is a small unspoilt town, which has retained its medieval feel, through the layout of streets and alleys. Buildings date from 15th to the 19th century. |
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Crockham Hill
Crockham Hill is a small village which can be found on the way from Oxted to Edenbridge. |
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Crundale
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Cuxton
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Darenth
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Dartford
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Deal
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Denton
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Detling
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Doddington
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Dover
Dover, the closest town in Kent to the continent, is the gateway to England. Now the world's busiest ferry port, it is famed for its range of defences and military architecture. |
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Dunkirk
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Dymchurch
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East Barming
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East Farleigh
East Farleigh is a wide spread, but small village, with a lively and close knit community. |
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East Malling
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East Peckham
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East Stourmouth
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Eastchurch
Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey was itself once the home of the early pioneers of aviation. Lord Brabazon of Tara, holder of Pilot's Licence No.1, and the late Sir Winston Churchill were both taught to fly at the old Eastchurch aerodrome. |
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Eastling
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Eastry
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Eastwell
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Edenbridge
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Egerton
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Elham
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Elmley
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Elmsted
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Elmstone
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Elvington
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Eynsford
Eynsford is a pretty Kentish village in the lovely Darenth valley. Its ancient ford and a hump-backed mediaeval bridge across the river are still in use. |
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Eythorne
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Farningham
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Faversham
Faversham is a picturesque medieval market town. Many of the buildings, which were built in the 18th century, have been restored and are on view today. |
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Fawham Green
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Fawkham
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Folkestone
Folkestone has recently become famous as the town adjacent to the Channel Tunnel entrance, it is one of England's most elegant Edwardian resorts. |
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Folkestone Harbour
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Ford
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Fordwich
The historic Town of Fordwich lies on the Great Stour river, about two miles east of Canterbury. Its history traces from Roman times. |
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Frittenden
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Garlinge
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Gillingham
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Godmersham
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Goodnestone
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Goodnestone
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Goudhurst
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Grain
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Graveney
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Gravesend
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Great Chart
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Great Mongeham
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Greenhill
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Greenhithe
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Grove Ferry
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Hackington
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Hadlow
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Halling
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Halstead
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Ham Street
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Harbledown
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Harbrough
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Harrietsham
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Hartley
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Hastingleigh
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Hawkhurst
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Hawkinge
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Headcorn
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Herne
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Herne Bay
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Hernehill
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Hever
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Hextable
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High Halden
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High Halstow
This ancient village is set on the highest point of the Hoo Peninsula and has a wide variety of scenery within its boundaries. |
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Higham
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Highgate
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Hildenborough
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Hinxhill
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Hoath
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Holborough
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Hollingbourne
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Hoo
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Horsmonden
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Horton Kirby
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Hothfield
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Hougham
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Hunton
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Hythe
Hythe is a member of the Cinque Port federation, Hythe today is a pleasant seaside town. Once a thriving port, the old town, separated from the sea as a result of silting, it now lies 1.5 km inland. |
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Ide Hill
Ide Hill is one of the highest villages in Kent, perching on the top of the Greensand ridge at 800 feet above sea-level. It is a most attractive village grouped around its wide green, with a Victorian church on the edge of a wood. |
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Isle of Grain
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Isle of Oxney
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Ivychurch
Ivychurch is a sleepy village in the heart of the Romney Marsh. While it may not be awash with amenities, it does offer some interesting sights and historic buildings. |
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Iwade
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Kearsney
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Kemsing
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Kennington
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Kent
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Key Street
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Kingsdown
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Kingsdown
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Kingsgate
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Kingsnorth
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Kingsnorth
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Kingston
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Kippings Cross
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Knockholt
Knockholt enjoys an airy situation on the crest of the North Downs. It is an old village, and over the years its focus has shifted from the original centre round the church to its offshoot Knockholt Pound a mile away. |
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Knole
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Knowlton
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Lamberhurst
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Langley
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Leaveland
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Leeds
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Leigh
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Lenham
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Leysdown
Leysdown on the Isle of Sheppey is a traditional seaside resort with award-winning beach and facilities. |
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Linton
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Little Chart
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Littlebourne
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Longfield
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Loose
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Lower Halstow
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Lower Hardres
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Luddenham
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Luddesdown
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Lydd
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Lydden
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Lyminge
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Lympne
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Lynsted
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Maidstone
Maidstone is the County Town of Kent and a thriving commercial centre with excellent shopping, sports and leisure facilities. |
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Malling
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Manston
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Marden
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Margate
Margate has a lovely sea front and a fun fair. Donkey rides were first introduced on the sands of Margate in the early 19th century. Margate is also the birthplace of the Bathing Machine; Thomas Barber, a local man, made the first one in 1736. |
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Martin
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Matfield
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Meopham
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Mereworth
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Mersham
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Milton Regis
Milton Regis, a suburb of Sittingbourne, offers a tourist attraction with a difference. At Milton creek you will find an old sailing barge yard, which still carries out this type of work on a commercial basis. |
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Minster
At Minster, the Isle of Sheppey's history is again brought to life at Minster abbey Gatehouse Museum, part of one of Kent's earliest Benedictine nunneries. |
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Minster
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Molash
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Monkton
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Murston
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New Romney
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Newchurch
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Newenden
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Newington
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Newnham
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Northbourne
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Northfleet
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Norton
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Oare
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Offham
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Old Romney
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Orlestone
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Ospringe
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Otford
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Otterden
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Paddlesworth
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Paddock Wood
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Pembury
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Penshurst
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Petham
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Plaxtol
Plaxtol is a little gem nestling in a fold in the Bourne Valley just South of the A25 and to the west of Tonbridge. It is a small village, the Millenium Stone planted in the grass verge adjoining the Parish Church. |
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Pluckley
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Port Victoria
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Postling
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Preston
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Queenborough
Queenborough, with much to remind visitors of its long history as a seafaring town, is well worth exploring. In the High Street is the Guildhall on the site of an earlier courthouse captured by the Dutch in 1667. |
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Rainham
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Ramsgate
Ramsgate is a busy maritime centre, with a maritime museum. Parts of the town are conservation areas and it has some fine architecture. |
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Reculver
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Richborough Castle
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Ridley
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Ringwould
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River
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Rochester
Rochester is often referred to as 'the City of Great Expectations' due to its association with Charles Dickens. There is a Dickens Centre, as well as Dickens festivals in the summer and at Christmas. |
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Rolvenden
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Romney
New Romney is the largest town on Romney marsh, and an ancient Cinque Port. Old Romney is an unspoiled village lying to the west. |
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Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells remains one of the most elegant towns in the country, and was considered a rival to Bath when it was a fashionable spa from the 17th to 19th centuries. |
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Ruckinge
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Ryarsh
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Sandgate
Sandgate spans 2 ½kms of Kent coastline between Folkestone and Hythe. It fringes the English Channel and clusters beneath steep wooded slopes. |
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Sandhurst
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Sandwich
Sandwich is one of the most complete medieval towns in England, it has great charm and character, with its network of narrow streets and alleys; it is one of the five ancient Cinque Ports established by Royal Charter in 1155. |
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Sarre
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Seabrook
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Seal
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Seasalter
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Sellindge
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Selling
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Selstead
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Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is believed to have derived its name from a group of seven oak trees which once grew in the area, long since gone; but to keep the legend alive, seven oaks were taken from Knole Park and ceremoniously planted on the common in 1955. |
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Shadoxhurst
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Sharnal Street
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Sheerness
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Shepherdswell
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Shipborne
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Sholden
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Shoreham
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Shorncliffe Camp
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Shorne
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Sissinghurst
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Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne is a modern day market town, but has very strong links with the sailing barge history in its past, which is still very much in evidence today. |
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Smarden
Smarden is a wonderful place to live and to visit. It is a beautiful Kentish weavers' village with around 200 buildings of architectural and historical note dating from the '4th Century. |
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Smeeth
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Snargate
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Snave
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Snodland
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Sole Street
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Southborough
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Southfleet
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Speldhurst
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St. Margaret's at Cliffe
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St. Mary Hoo
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St. Michaels
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St. Nicholas at Wade
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Stalisfield
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Stanford
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Stansted
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Staple
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Staplehurst
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Stelling
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Stockbury
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Stoke
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Stone
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Stonewood
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Stowting
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Strood
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Sturry
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Sundridge
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Sutton at Hone
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Sutton Valence
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Swalecliffe
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Swanley
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Swanscombe
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Swingfield
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Temple Ewell
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Tenterden
Tenterden is a delightful country town with wide tree lined streets, historic buildings, inns and shops. It has been described as ' the Jewel of the Weald'. |
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Teynham
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Thames Haven
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Thannington
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Tilmanstone
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Tonbridge
Tonbridge is an ancient town dominated by its Norman Castle, it was built in a delightful setting on the River Medway. Home to the famous Tonbridge School founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judd a former Lord Mayor of London. |
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Trotterscliffe
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Tudeley
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Tunstall
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Ulcombe
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Upchurch
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Upper Hardres
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Wainscott
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Waldershare
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Walmer
The Walmer of today is a relatively quiet mainly residential seaside town. It has, however, played a significant role in English history. Julius Caesar and his legions are said to have first landed on Walmer beach in 55BC. |
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Waltham
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Warden
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Wateringbury
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Wavehorne
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Weald
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West Hythe
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West Kingsdown
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West Langdon
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West Malling
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West Peckham
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Westenhanger
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Westerham
Westerham is on the western edge of Kent, and is an attractive place with restaurants, teashops and antique shops around its village green. |
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Westgate on Sea
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Whitstable
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Wichling
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Willesborough
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Wilmington
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Wingham
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Wittersham
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Womenswold
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Woodchurch
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Wootton
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Wormshill
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Worth
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Wouldham
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Wrotham
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Wye
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Yalding
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