Tourist attractions Westerham

Begun in 1456 by Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, this grand house surrounded by a vast park became the property of the Sackville s. With its seven courtyards (one for each day of the week), 52 staircase (weeks of the year) and 365 rooms ..

Built from stone and wood in 1340, Ightham is the most perfect example of a manor with moats remaining in England. It probably has its isolated location to thank for being so well preserved. Stillness and serenity reign in the interior courtyard. Bey..

This manor protected by its moats, drawbridge and rectangular guardroom, hidden away on an idyllic site. It was associated to the romantic link between Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, was acquired in 1903 by US millionaire William Waldorf Astor , who re..

Covering an area of 80 ha high above Sydenham, the park owes its name to the huge glass and iron edifice built by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and which burned down in 1936. The park contains the National Sports Centre, a sporting c..

Residence of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), this restored Tudor house is decorated with his works, including many paintings. It reflects the calm this great man of state lived in. The garden walls were partly built by Churchill himself and ther..

The castle was rebuilt in 1805 by William Atkinson, architect of Scone Palace, from an earlier house. Te works were reunited by Denys Eyre Bower , perhaps the most remarkable English eccentric since William Beckford. The collection includes a nude o..

The Elizabethan poet Philip Sidney (1554-1586) occupied this manor (1346) that was enlarged in the Tudor, James I and neo-gothic styles. The interior is a similar mixture of styles. A fine Toy Museum contains 19C dolls, rocking horses, puppets an..