Kent Magazine 2009
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Itineraries
Stuck for inspiration? Why not follow one our self-drive itinerary suggestions to help you discover Kent.
A coastal ‘architour'
Love to be beside the seaside? It's not simply the salt air that refreshes your spirits. Kent's diverse coastal panoramas - elegant seafronts and promenades, bright beach huts and twisting streets - work their distinctive magic too.
Celebrating Charles Darwin
In 2009 the world celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Darwin's theory of evolution sought to explain the beauty, diversity and complexity of life, and you'll find plenty of that in Kent.
Coastal Kent
Whether you're after traditional family entertainment, adrenaline watersports or somewhere to chill out, Kent's varied coastline has just the beach or resort.
Defence of the realm
Make Dover your base to journey along the ‘frontline of history'. Centuries of defence-boosting activity, from the reign of Henry VIII to World War II, are right here in Kent.
Explore James Bond's Kent
Sharpen your wits, pick up the clues and follow James Bond across Kent for an exhilarating adventure.
Friends, Romans, Vikings
The Kent coast has long been the gateway to friends and foe, and each has left a mark. Come and retrace their steps on an enthralling historical adventure.
Golf in Kent
Kent has been the home of some of the most famous moments in golfing history, with the Open Championship coming to these shores 15 times already. In 2008 the London Golf Club hosted for the European Open Golf Championship while the world's oldest major golf event the British Open is returning to Royal St Georges at Sandwich in 2011.
Hidden Gems: Beyond Cathedral, Castle and Cliffs
Look beyond coastal Kent's well-known sights, its iconic cathedral, castles and White Cliffs, and you'll be surprised by what you find. Head off the beaten track or just around the corner from the hotspots and you'll be richly rewarded.
Kent's gardens
Dazzling colours, seductive scents, superb seasonal shows - Kent's gardens are rightly world renowned. Excite or soothe your senses on a genuinely revitalising escape.
Literary Kent
Come and be inspired - like so many great writers - by Kent's idyllic rural landscapes, captivating cities, castles and gardens.
Movie magic in Kent - movie trail
You'll be surprised just how many box office hits have put Kent in a starring role - come set-jetting to spot the locations, it's a great way to discover and explore the county.
My lords, ladies
The Garden of England has been playground to royals and aristocrats for centuries. Come and relive the razzle-dazzle of high society and be inspired by the present day lords and ladies who keep alive Kent's rich heritage.
Nature's coastal designs
Whatever man has built in coastal Kent, nature more than matches, from the wild beauty of Dungeness to the iconic White Cliffs and sandy bays of Thanet. There's nothing like majestic seascapes, organically fashioned over millennia, for rebalancing the yin and yang.
Share famous passions
"Kent, sir - everybody knows Kent - apples, cherries, hops and women." Thus Charles Dickens described the Garden of England in The Pickwick Papers. But do you really know Kent and its surprising connections with other famous faces?
Smugglers, shipwrecks and spies
Whispers, hidden alleyways, lights at sea... Echoes of smuggling tease your imagination all along the Kent coast. Come and follow a treasure trail to uncover the secrets.
The Other Boleyn Girl - movie trail
Go behind the scenes of blockbuster novel and new film The Other Boleyn Girl, on a tour of Kent's dazzling Tudor castles and historic houses.
