Guidebook for East Kent
Food Scene
Awarded a Michelin star in the 2018 guide, cracking food from a youthful team with serious CVs. Well worth a visit.
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The Fordwich Arms
King StreetAwarded a Michelin star in the 2018 guide, cracking food from a youthful team with serious CVs. Well worth a visit.
No 1 in the restaurant awards 2 years running, the Michelin starred pub sets the bar for locally sourced cooking in Kent.
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Sportsman
Faversham RoadNo 1 in the restaurant awards 2 years running, the Michelin starred pub sets the bar for locally sourced cooking in Kent.
The best cooking in the area, outstanding wines and charming service. My favourite local restaurant
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Folkestone Wine Company
5 Church StThe best cooking in the area, outstanding wines and charming service. My favourite local restaurant
Possibly the UK’s best farmers market, and boasting one of the area’s best restaurants. Beautiful Kentish produce, great local wines, nose to tail butchery, fish, cheese, biodynamic fruit and veg, and bread so good you’ll buy the whole bakery
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The Goods Shed
Station Road WestPossibly the UK’s best farmers market, and boasting one of the area’s best restaurants. Beautiful Kentish produce, great local wines, nose to tail butchery, fish, cheese, biodynamic fruit and veg, and bread so good you’ll buy the whole bakery
Parks & Nature
With stunning views across the Wye Downs AONB, this hiking spot is a favourite at any time of year. Well worth timing your walk for sunset on the ridge before heading to one of Wye's cosy pubs for a drink.
Devils Kneading Trough
With stunning views across the Wye Downs AONB, this hiking spot is a favourite at any time of year. Well worth timing your walk for sunset on the ridge before heading to one of Wye's cosy pubs for a drink.
Offering dramatic views across the windswept peninsula, Dungeness is reputed to qualify as Britain's only desert due to it's having such low rainfall.
Listed as a Site of Specific Scientific Interest, Dungeness is a remarkable place, almost other worldly. It's several curios include the Acoustic Mirrors at RAF Denge, Prospect Cottage, home to the artist Derek Jarman, The Seven Lighthouses and Lighthousemens' Dwellings, Dungeness B Nuclear Power Station, Dungeness Bird Observatory, and celeb spotting over fish & chips at The Pilot. Dungeness also serves as the terminus for Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Light Railway, est. 1927, a quaint way to see the marsh.
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Dungeness National Nature Reserve
Offering dramatic views across the windswept peninsula, Dungeness is reputed to qualify as Britain's only desert due to it's having such low rainfall.
Listed as a Site of Specific Scientific Interest, Dungeness is a remarkable place, almost other worldly. It's several curios include the Acoustic Mirrors at RAF Denge, Prospect Cottage, home to the artist Derek Jarman, The Seven Lighthouses and Lighthousemens' Dwellings, Dungeness B Nuclear Power Station, Dungeness Bird Observatory, and celeb spotting over fish & chips at The Pilot. Dungeness also serves as the terminus for Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Light Railway, est. 1927, a quaint way to see the marsh.
300 acre safari park, views of the coast, great for families
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Giraffenhaus im Port Lympne Reservat
Aldington Road300 acre safari park, views of the coast, great for families
Petting zoo of rare breed wild and farm animals. Perfect for young families
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Südengland Rare Breeds Centre
Petting zoo of rare breed wild and farm animals. Perfect for young families
Dymchurch
Local pleasure beach and amusement park
Arts & Culture
So much to see you'll need an early start, this historic defensive keystone has stood guarding The Channel from invaders from Roman times to WW2. Hellfire Corner is a must see. A great family day out
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Schloss Dover
Castle Hill RoadSo much to see you'll need an early start, this historic defensive keystone has stood guarding The Channel from invaders from Roman times to WW2. Hellfire Corner is a must see. A great family day out
Modern and contemporary art in a building designed by David Chipperfield
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Turner Contemporary
RendezvousModern and contemporary art in a building designed by David Chipperfield
An internationally iconic place of pilgrimage. From St Thomas Becket to Geoffrey Chaucer, the cathedral is pivotal to Britain's history.
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Canterbury Cathedral Archives
11 The PrecinctsAn internationally iconic place of pilgrimage. From St Thomas Becket to Geoffrey Chaucer, the cathedral is pivotal to Britain's history.
Shopping
Evegate Business Park, Retail & Artisan Village
Tea rooms, skilled artisans and local amenities
Ashford Designer Outlet
Designer stores with discount prices
Getting Around
International links to Europe, and London St Pancras in 36 minutes
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Ashford International station
International links to Europe, and London St Pancras in 36 minutes
Great family fun, a miniature railway running along the coast from Hythe to Dungeness. Dymchurch is our closest stop. Great for sightseeing
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Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
Great family fun, a miniature railway running along the coast from Hythe to Dungeness. Dymchurch is our closest stop. Great for sightseeing
United Taxis
Ashford Premier Taxi
7 Belmont RoadSightseeing
A guided tour of the historic city on the River Stour
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Canterbury Punting Company
Water LaneA guided tour of the historic city on the River Stour