Heathrow Airport 1 hr 12
Bodiam Castle (19 min)
14th-century castle with a moat, soaring towers, events and exhibitions, plus a cafe. Sissinghurst Castle Garden (20 min)
Extensive English-style formal gardens created in the 1930s by the writer, Vita Sackville-West. The Spa Valley Railway (13 min)
Restored railway with trips on vintage steam & diesel trains, plus cream teas & Santa specials. The Hop Farm (21 min)
Children's rides, a village full of animals and 4D cinema experience, plus cafe and shop. Bateman's (22 min)
Rudyard Kipling's beamed, 17th-century rustic home, with the writer's furnishings and artefacts. Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest (9 min)
320-acre forest featuring tall trees, hike/bike trails, a cafe & a tree-top ropes course & zip line. National Trust - Scotney Castle (6 min)
Castle ruins and Victorian mansion in vast woodland and parkland with trails and a hop farm. Great Dixter House & Gardens (28 min)
Tours of 15th-century manor house and the late Christopher Lloyd's exemplary gardens surrounding it. Groombridge Place Estates (21 min)
Formal gardens and fairytale adventure forest with resident birds of prey on a country house estate. Tonbridge Castle (20 min)
Guided tours of motte and bailey gatehouse dating from the 11th century, with interactive displays. Pashley Manor Gardens (13 min)
Fine old trees, fountains, springs and large ponds in gardens open April to September, with a cafe. Bewl Water (6 min)
Sprawling countryside park for family-friendly land- and water-based activities, plus a restaurant. National Trust - Ightham Mote (31 min)
Unique mansion that has been remodelled over 700 years with a Jacobean staircase and Tudor facade. Bedgebury Forest (16 min)
Cycling, mountain biking, forest, equestrianism, and adventure Penshurst Place (27 min)
Tours are offered at this ancestral family home with original medieval architecture & vast gardens. | 
