Birmingham Airport 1 hr 19
Thorndon Country Park (25 min.) Diggerland Kent (46 min.)
playful amusement park featuring life-sized diggers excavators & more for kids & adults to operate. Barleylands Farm Park And Craft Village - We Are Open (14 min.)
family-friendly attraction featuring farm animals craft workshops rides play areas & more. Southend Pier And Railway (33 min.)
seasonal museum on the pier with 19th- & early-20th-century train cars slot machines & costumes. Adventure Island (33 min.)
free-admission fun park with more than 40 rides and attractions from rollercoasters to ghost trains. Basildon (10 min) Tilbury Fort (21 min.)
riverside fort built to protect london with bastions moats and a magazine house plus a gift shop. Chalkwell Beach (30 min.)
beach Herd Lane (1 min) The Historic Dockyard Chatham (50 min.)
historic royal navy warships and shipbuilding heritage in an 18th-century dockyard museum. Hadleigh Castle (23 min.)
ruined 1200s castle refortified by edward iii in the hundred years war affording marsh views. Pitsea (9 min) Rhs Garden Hyde Hall (23 min.)
site run by horticulture charity including bird hide and dry garden with bold architectural plants. Thames Estuary (1 hr 26.)
1 of the country s largest this landmark estuary features shipping routes & various lighthouses. Social Club (6 min) Rochester Cathedral (48 min.)
norman building with a romanesque facade a 14th-century library door and daily cofe services. Wat Tyler Centre (12 min.)
large country park with an education centre hosting green exhibitions a scultpure trail and cafe. Guildhall Museum (48 min.)
this 1687 building houses a museum of local history & a number of rooms preserved in original style. | 
