Heathrow Airport 1 hr 20
Upnor Castle (21 min)
Fort with tranquil grounds adjoining a riverside village with coin rubbing and canon firing. The Historic Dockyard Chatham (17 min)
Historic Royal Navy warships and shipbuilding heritage in an 18th-century dockyard museum. Kent Life (18 min)
Farming history, tractors and play areas, plus activities and a cafe within 28 acres of countryside. Maidstone Museum (20 min)
Over 660,000 diverse artworks and artefacts from Old Masters to fossils in a gabled manor house. Shorne Woods Country Park (20 min)
Visitor centre, cafe and marked paths in 288 acres of woodlands, lakes, wetlands and meadows. Mote Park (24 min)
Large park with woodland play area, BMX track, pitch and putt course, skate park, lake and cafe. Riverside Country Park (11 min)
Comprising ponds, salt marsh, scrub & grasslands, this park offers trails, a playground & cafe. Fort Amherst Heritage Trust (17 min)
Barracks and history Rochester Castle (20 min)
Landmark 11th century Norman castle with large keep giving views over the River Medway, plus tours. Diggerland Kent (18 min)
Playful amusement park featuring life-sized diggers, excavators & more for kids & adults to operate. Rochester Cathedral (20 min)
Norman building with a Romanesque facade, a 14th-century library door and daily CofE services. Leeds Castle (23 min)
Travel from a medieval queen's room to the 1920s, plus gardens, golf, zip slides and falconry. Guildhall Museum (19 min)
This 1687 building houses a museum of local history & a number of rooms preserved in original style. Dickens World (18 min)
State-of-the-art animatronics, a 4D cinema and Victorian recreations expand on the work of Dickens. Royal Engineers Museum (16 min)
Interactive exhibitions and objects including photos, medals, a Harrier jump jet and a V2 rocket. | 
