Day Out ideas for Kent/East Sussex Border

funky_monkey_4

Dover Castle is fantastic. You have the wartime tunnels as well.
You do need to get there first thing as you have a lot to cover. Great areas for picnics. And you never know, rumer has it there is a ghost drummer boy, you might get a glipse.

takoo

Hi Dinky 73

For Dad's Day of Delight you might enjoy

• Diggerland A2/A228 Strood junction
• Shepherd Neame Brewery - oldest in Kent and England.

For Mum's Evenings of Romance you might all enjoy

• many romantic restaurants and pubs abound in Kent - child friendly.

For child's Fun and Enlightenment about the Garden of England:

• Beaches at Margate, Ramsgate, etc etc
• Rochester - Castle, Museum, Cathedral - play in the Castle Gardens - Historic town centre - Dickens Cottage at Museum
• boat trip on the River at Maidstone
• Theme holiday of Romans in Kent - Dover Castle, Recluver, Sandwich, Rochester, Villa at Lullingstone (if renovation complete).
• World Garden - TV famous creation. Try to meet Tom Hart Dyke - he is terrific - and wouldl enjoy showing her the latest plant etc.
• Chatham Maritime - Dockyard
• Brogdale Apple Tree Collection near Faversham.

Kent is PERFICK (Darling Buds of May)

Have a great time

Takoo

ysoskint

Godstone has bunny's you can pet! Historic Dockyard is good. Also chatham has the royal engineers museum. Farming World is fun. Whitstable is nice. Canterbury is great for wondering around. If the wearther is nice, it has some lovely parks. Danson, Swanley, The strand to name a few.
Have fun.

oramgepekoe

I don't think anyone's mentioned Hever Castle which is a few miles from Tonbridge. It's the childhood home of Anne Boleyn. As well as the house to visit and extensive gardens there are 2 mazes - a traditional yew maze, an unusual water maze. There's also a very large tudor-themed wooden climbing frame for children and an exhibition of doll's houses through the ages. You can use Tesco deal tokens to get in.

http://www.hevercastle.co.uk/default.aspx
http://www.hevercastle.co.uk/Home/Children.aspx

dinky73

Great replies, thanks so much. I am putting together a long list of all your suggestions to take with us. There seems so much to do I can only hope the weather holds out for us.

Thank you all so much for your help, I think we will have a great fun-filled time thanks to all your suggestions.

dinks :T

Katgoddess

I second Drusillas and Godstone Farm but for much better weather. Drusillas has a large outdoor paddling pool so bring swimming stuff.

angel

Don't forget Bodiam Castle. It's my favourite of all time.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-bodiamcastle.htm

dinky73

Thanks all. Just got back from my cottage in Kent and we had a lovely time. Weather was awful so we didn't get to do a lot of the outdoor stuff but we did go to Bodiam Castle which was a 5 minute drive from our cottage. it was really lovely and my daughter loved it.

We also did Drusillas which was great and killed a whole day. We even had some retail therapy at the designer outlet village in Ashford. The weather didn't help so we did go to a couple of local soft play places and the cinema in hastings.

Thanks for all your replies and suggestions.
dinks
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