| 7 miles from chart hills golf club and 7 miles from sissinghurst castle garden. check-in time: 3:00 amcheck-out time: 11:00 am. amenities include full english breakfast and a restaurant with original timbers and a fireplace, plus outdoor seating with gardens and a carp pond. some rooms add 4-poster beds and/or writing desks. set within a quaint village, this cosy b&b occupies a 14th-century former coaching inn; it's 2. the 6 elegant, antiques-filled guestrooms all offer en suite bathrooms, flat-screen tvs and tea and coffeemaking facilities
Heathrow Airport 1 hr 33
South of England Rare Breeds Centre (20 min)
Indoor and outdoor encounters with farm and pet animals, plus a play barn, shop and restaurant. Kent & East Sussex Railway (17 min)
Heritage railway offering journeys on vintage steam & diesel trains, some with dining service. Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest (28 min)
320-acre forest featuring tall trees, hike/bike trails, a cafe & a tree-top ropes course & zip line. Kent Downs (32 min)
Nature preserve with hiking, biking, horseback riding & wildlife viewing amid hills & valleys. Biddenden Vineyards (10 min)
Vineyard, wine, wine tasting, and winery Hole Park (19 min)
16-acre, family-run gardens with a renowned bluebell wood, in bloom in spring, plus a tea room. Bodiam Castle (27 min)
14th-century castle with a moat, soaring towers, events and exhibitions, plus a cafe. The Big Cat Sanctuary (4 min)
Conservation & breeding site home to dozens of big cats, with guided tours & overnight cabins. Great Dixter House & Gardens (29 min)
Tours of 15th-century manor house and the late Christopher Lloyd's exemplary gardens surrounding it. Leeds Castle (22 min)
Travel from a medieval queen's room to the 1920s, plus gardens, golf, zip slides and falconry. Bedgebury Forest (38 min)
Cycling, mountain biking, forest, equestrianism, and adventure Sissinghurst Castle Garden (13 min)
Extensive English-style formal gardens created in the 1930s by the writer, Vita Sackville-West. Chapel Down (19 min)
Wine estate with seasonal guided tours, a restaurant, and a shop selling English food and drink. Mote Park (30 min)
Large park with woodland play area, BMX track, pitch and putt course, skate park, lake and cafe. Godinton House and Gardens (18 min)
Guided tours of the Jacobean house and medieval hall, formal gardens and an age-old yew hedge. | 
