Heathrow Airport 1 hr 41
Canterbury Roman Museum (20 min.) subterranean museum with displays of jewellery and mosaics around an excavated roman house. Deal Castle (33 min.) 16th-century artillery castle with huge circular bastions for cannons linked by network of passages. Botany Bay (29 min.) public beach with views of cliffs and chalk stacks plus fossil hunting rock pools and nearby cafe. Howletts Wild Animal Park (20 min.) gorillas tigers and monkeys in a 90-acre park with keeper experiences and treetop challenge. Turner Contemporary (23 min.) dramatic spaces displaying art by jmw turner and contemporary artists in eye-catching gallery. Shell Grotto (25 min.) ornate unexplained network of shell-lined passages and a mosaic chamber with shell shop and cafe. Westgate Gardens (19 min.) gardens beside the river stour with a 200 year-old plane tree and a victorian tower house. Wingham Wildlife Park (15 min.) zoo park with feeding sessions talks and conservation projects plus up-close animal encounters. The Beaney House Of Art U0026 Knowledge (21 min.) museum art gallery and library in a renovated 19th-century building plus workshops and events. St Martin S Church (21 min.) built in the late-6th-century this is the english-speaking world s oldest church still in use. Canterbury Castle (20 min.) castle ruins and history Westgate Towers Museum U0026 Viewpoint (19 min.) historic gateway & tower built in 1380 offering period artifacts city views & an escape-room game. St Augustine S Abbey (19 min.) ruins of a saxon church established in 597 ad with a museum shop picnic area and free audio tour. Powell-Cotton Museum (17 min.) 15th-century estate with museum of victorian natural history exhibits and regency house and gardens. |