There are several outstanding National Trust properties within half an hours drive to choose from – stately homes, mansions, gardens, botanical gardens and castles.
The homes of Winston Churchill and Rudyard Kipling are ever popular.
Have a look at the list below and click through to the National Trust website.
Properties and Links
Bateman’s
Jacobean house, home of Rudyard Kipling
Bodiam Castle
Perfect example of a late medieval moated castle
Chartwell
Family home and garden of Sir Winston Churchill
Emmetts Garden
Interesting hillside garden with year-round features
Ightham Mote
Outstanding 14th-century moated manor house
Knole
History and grandeur in the heart of Kent
Scotney Castle
Victorian country house and romantic garden with 14th century moated medieval castle set in a beautiful wooded estate
Sheffield Park Gardens
Internationally renowned landscape garden and parkland
Sissinghurst Castle
A garden, in a ruin, in a farm
Sprivers
Small 18th-century style formal garden with nearby woodland walk
Wakehurst Place
Botanical garden with the world’s largest seed conservation project