Attractions in Maidstone & Things to Do in Maidstone
(and nearby)

Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery (< 1 Mile)*
This exceptionally fine regional museum housed in Chillington Manor a delightful Elizabethan manor house, boasts a rich and impressive variety of historical objects, fine art and natural history.
Kent Life (2 Miles)*
There's so much new to do at Kent's premier heritage farm attraction with 28 acres of fun which includes our timed-daily activities
Boughton Monchelsea Place (4 Miles)*
Boughton Monchelsea Place is a lovely Elizabethan Manor House, dating from 1567.
Leeds Castle (5 Miles)*
Set in 500 acres of beautiful parkland, a visit to Leeds Castle is full of discovery.
Great Comp Garden (7 Miles)*
Set in the heart of the Garden of England and surrounding a 17th century house, Great Comp Garden is the delightful creation of Roderick and Joy Cameron, their having moved to Great Comp in 1957.
Chatham Dockyard Historical Society (8 Miles)*
The Society was founded in 1980 by a group of Dockyard men dedicated to perpetuating the history and work of Chatham Dockyard.
Cobham Hall (9 Miles)*
Cobham Hall is an outstandingly beautiful red brick mansion dating from 1584, which demonstrates an exciting combination of Elizabethan, Jacobean, Carolean and 18th Century styles.
Dolphin Yard Sailing Barge Museum (10 Miles)*
Unfortunately the museum was destroyed by fire on Sunday October 26th
Doddington Place Gardens (11 Miles)*
The lovely landscaped gardens are set in the grounds of an imposing Victorian mansion and cover ten acres.
Ightham Mote (11 Miles)*
Ightham Mote, pronounced "Item Moat", is a superbly restored 14th century half-timbered house set in a deep wooded valley.
Marle Place Garden and Gallery (11 Miles)*
Marle Place is a peaceful, privately owned garden with ten acres of formal planting and many more acres of woodland and orchard.
Sissinghurst Castle Garden (11 Miles)*
Sissinghurst Gardens in Kent was the creation of author Vita Sackville-West and her husband, Harold Nicolson, MP, in the 1930's. Vita inherited Sissinghurst Castle in the 1930s.
Tonbridge Castle (12 Miles)*
Medieval Gatehouse and Motte and Bailey Castle Grounds.
Finchcocks (12 Miles)*
Finchcocks is a fine early Georgian manor in a beautiful unspoilt setting which houses a magnificent collection of some ninety historical keyboard instruments.
Belmont House and Garden (13 Miles)*
The unique Georgian house of Belmont, set in beautiful gardens and surrounded by classical English country parkland, commands stunning views of the rolling Kent countryside.
Scotney Castle (13 Miles)*
A visit to Scotney Castle is a great 2-for-1 deal. Start with the 19th century "new" neo-Tudor style house which was built for Edward Hussey in 1837.
Bayham Abbey (13 Miles)*
Come and enjoy this romantic Abbey ruin, set in the picturesque valley of the River Teise, in the heart of the Weald.
Knole Park (14 Miles)*
Knole Park is just the place to combine a round of golf with a historic and interesting National Trust property.
Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest (14 Miles)*
Open all year, Bedgebury is the perfect place to walk, cycle, ride or play in a spectacular world of trees.
Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery (14 Miles)*
Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery shares the special story of the borough of Tunbridge Wells.
Hole Park Gardens (15 Miles)*
Hole Park Gardens are situated on the edge of the picturesque Weald village of Rolvenden. A family owned estate Hole Park has been owned by the Barham family for the past four generations.
Lullingstone Castle and the World Garden (15 Miles)*
Lullingstone Castle - Historic Family Mansion, Church and home to the World Garden.
Kent and East Sussex Railway (15 Miles)*
Economic pressures forced British Railways to withdraw the passenger service in 1954. Volunteers got together and, in 1974, re-opened a section of the line. The railway now runs for almost 11 miles, making it one of the longest such lines in the UK.
Penshurst Place & Gardens (16 Miles)*
Penshurst Place is one of England's finest historic houses set in the Weald of Kent's peaceful rural landscape.
Pashley Manor Gardens (16 Miles)*
'One of the finest Gardens in England' Pashley offers a sumptuous blend of romantic landscaping, imaginative plantings and fine old trees, fountains, springs and large ponds with interest and colour throughout the year.
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.



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