Day trips from Bromley (kent/surrey) 18 April 2019 at 6:11PM in UK holidays, days out & entertainments 5 replies 1.1K views

nick1234

Hi

Just wondering if anyone can offer any tips, we are staying in Bromley and seeking a day trip south e.g. around Kent/Surrey where we can drive to within 1 hour from Bromley and maybe offers walks/town/countryside/parks etc. Does anyone have any tips on where we can go and has easy parking and things to do? I have considered Surrey and Boxhill for example, but its hard to establish this online.

Also considered going Brighton on the weekend so that’s an option.

Thanks

bouicca21

Chartwell, Westerham, and my personal top of the list would be Leeds Castle.

Dover would be more like an hour and a half, but Canterbury would only be about 70 minutes. Then there’s Faversham, Oare Marshes and whitstable ...

bouicca21

Oh, and don’t forget Eltham Palace.

Syman

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway gets my vote.

Clicky

SueDebt

The Chislehurst Caves are very close to Bromley and are fascinating.

alypen

I'd certainly second Leeds Castle. Or what about Scotney Castle? Canterbury is great, but liable to be full of tourists, of course, just like London (and quite frankly, I think I'd go by train, even though it is slower than 30 years ago! 3 trains an hour from Bromley South, IIRC!) There are loads of National Trust properties which would meet your requirements, I suspect - and there's a nice band of them around the M25, I think (I travel by public transport, so am a bit out of touch roads-wise). Sevenoaks and Knole House? Chartwell, as others have suggested (buses I think Sundays and Bank Holidays only, otherwise only as far as Westerham)? Sissinghurst? Chilham Castle. Hever Castle is another one I really like, but please watch out for us poor pedestrians when driving around those narrow lanes!