I 'd like to visit Kent (UK) with my students. Any ideas about nice places to visit ?

Question

My kids are about 15 years old, and we'll stay 3 days in the area.
Thank you :-)

Answer 1

Rochester, the home of charles Dickens, and there is a castle and cathedral, and guild hall museum, and lots of touristy little shops, and about 5 minute up the road is chatham dockyard where there is a huge open air museum about all thing nautical

Answer 2

If you have a bus there is the already mentioned and the fabulous Canterbury with of course its cathedral but its all charming I wandered down a side street near the cathedral and came upon a tudor period timber frame building that had distorted so much down the centuries it had become rhombus shaped and the front door had large tapering wedges added to the top bottom and sides to make it fit! There is a fairy tale castle with moat called Leeds Castle not far from Canterbury and the Broadstairs a lovely olde worlde fishing village on the coast but try these links for something more comprehensive and hope you all enjoy.

www.heartofkent.org.uk/

Kent Tourist Board information. Kent Tourist Board. Travel Guides
Expedia.co.uk

Kent Tourist information links: Covering Dover, Canterbury, Deal, Broadstairs, Hythe, Herne-Bay ...
www.discoversandwich.co.uk/links.htm

Answer 3

You are spoilt for choice - do you want it to be related to what they are studying, if so, then I think there is something excellent for you there.

Also, what age are they?? Hever Castle near Sevenoaks is beautiful, educational and fun - My partner and I took our kids there in the summer and we all had a really good time, especially at the 'water maze'.

But if you just want a fun day out with them then 'Groomsbridge - Enchanted Forest' in Tunbridge Wells, Kent is FABULOUS!!! Its great for all ages - but then again, I think it does have some educational value to it, with the history of its house and gardens - and Pride and Prejudice was filmed there (have a look on the website)

Have a look on the web - as its hard to really give you any ideas without knowing what sort of day out you want i.e Educational, Fun, and also what age we are looking at with regards to your students AND (if its for an educational visit) then what are they studying???

Answer 4

I grew up in Kent. Every town has something interesting, because they date back so long. Plenty of history.

Dover castle, Bodium Castle (in neighbouring East Sussex), both are maintained.

There are also quite a few other castles that are ruins, but still interesting.

There are some remains of Roman villas but I can't remember what they're called. I'm sure you will see them in a guide.

It's pretty grim in the winter, but a very beatiful place in spring, summer, and autumn / fall.

Oh, and watch out for pikeys.

Answer 5

You could take them to Leeds castle or Chartwell and Hever castle.Canterbury is a good place to visit too.You could time the visit to coincide with a fair as well for example there's a Canterbury Euro fair on the weekend of the 24th-26th of November.
Check on this website too - www.kenttourism.co.uk for other information.

Answer 6

Don't miss Canterbury - the cathedral is one of the gems of English architecture and redolent with history as well.

You could also go to Orpington which is justly famous as being my birthplace - but I don't really recommend it!

Answer 7

Canterbury, and then you could make them study a little about Chaucer.

You could also take then to the cathedral as well

Answer 8

I live in England. Kent wouldn't keep students amused for long. You'd be better taking them somewhere fantastic like Oxford, as there are shops and landmarks galore