Useful Links
Links to local attractions and facilities
Surrounding Villages and Area
Brenchley & Matfield
Horsmonden
High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Pubs & Restaurants
Castle Pub, Castle Hill
1 mile – great steaks
Halfway House, Brenchley
2 miles – CAMRA pub, lots of outside seating
Hopbine, Petteridge
2 miles – CAMRA pub, cosy with home cooked food
The Star Inn, Matfield
3 miles - good pub grub and carvery
www.starinmatfield.com
The Poet at Matfield
3 miles - fine dining of the highest quality
www.thepoetatmatfield.co.uk
Turmeric Gold, Tudeley
6 miles – excellent Indian cuisine
www.turmericgold.net
Poacher, Tudeley
6 miles – pub restaurant
www.thepoachertudeley.co.uk
Dolce Vita, Lamberhurst
5 mile – typical Italian
www.ladolcevita.uk.com
Star & Eagle, Goudhurst
6 miles, hotel restaurant
www.starandeagle.co.uk
La Zia Maria, Goudhurst
6 miles, classical Italian
www.laziamaria.co.uk
Great House, Hawkhurst
8 miles, English and French cuisine
www.thegreathouse.net
Bull, Three Leg Cross
9 miles, good pub grub. Ideal if you are walking round Bewl.
www.thebullinn.co.uk
The George Inn, Robertsbridge
9 miles, great food and atmosphere
Curlew Bodiam
14 miles - Modern British food (Michelin Star)
www.thecurlewrestaurant.co.uk
Tourist Information
Visit the Heart of Kent
Visit Kent - The Official Kent Tourism Website
Tunbridge Wells
Tonbridge Castle
Sevenoaks
Maidstone
Cranbrook
National Trust Properties
There are many local National Trust properties nearby. Local National Trust Property page.
Bateman's
Bodiam Castle
Chartwell
Emmetts Garden
Ightham Mote
Knole
Scotney Castle
Sheffield Park Gardens
Sissinghurst Garden
Sprivers
Wakehurst Place
English Heritage
Local English Heritage properties.
Battle Abbey (site of Battle of Hastings)
Downe House (Darwin's home)
Dover Castle and Tunnels
Lullingstone Roman Villa
Michelham Priory
Pevensey Castle
Castles and Gardens
Downderry Lavender Nursery
Godinton House Gardens
Great Comp Garden
Great Dixter House & Garden
Groombridge Place Garden
Hever Castle & Garden
Hole Park Garden
Leeds Castle
Lullingstone Castle & World Garden
Marle Place Garden
Merriments Garden
Pashley Manor Garden
Penshurst Place
Tonbridge Castle
Walking
The High Weald Landscape Trail or a number of local paths.
Cycling
Route 18 of the National Cycle Network is close by as well as the easier Parish Pedals to explore.
Bedgebury National Pinetum and cycle ways (bike hire)
Bewl Water - Sailing, biking, windsurfing and trout fishing
Birdwatching
RSPB Tudeley Woods
All three British species of woodpecker live in the wood as well as nuthatches and treecreepers. The springtime there is a carpet of bluebells and primroses. Many different warblers nest on the reserve.
RSPB Tudeley Woods
RSPB Broadwater Warren
Set in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Beauty near to Royal Tunbridge Wells, Broadwater Warren is a large conifer plantation with a few remnants of heathland surviving. The RSPB are restoring the area to its original habitat of a wildlife-rich mosaic of heathland and native woodland species with some clumps of pines, a wet woodland, a rare woodland mire and forest ponds.
RSPB Broadwater Warren
Birding UK and Ireland
Bird Forum, places to see birds and bird information. You can ask experts where the best places are in the area.
UK and Ireland Bird Forum
Bewl Water
200 bird species have been recorded.
www.bewlwater.org
Bedgebury Forest
One of the best sites for Hawfinch in the south-east and usually 30-50 birds can be seen flying in to roost in the cypress trees between late November and early March. The area attracts Brambling, Lesser Redpoll and Siskin in winter. Long-eared Owl can be sighted in winter.
www.bedgeburypinetum.org.uk
Shooting
Fishing
Fishing at Horsmonden, Flimwell, Hartley and Bewl Water
Golf
Local golf courses include:
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Chart Hills Golf Club
Dale Hill Golf Club
Hawkhurst Golf Club
Hever Castle Golf Club
Lamberhurst Golf Club
The Nevill Golf Club
Poult Wood Golf Centre
Tunbridge Wells Golf Club
Other Attractions
Biddenden Vinyard
Chapel Down Winery at Tenterden
Chatham Dockyard
Fenton Curling Centre
Finchcocks Musical Museum
Biddenden and Lamberhurst Vinyards
Hop Farm
Tudeley Church
