Category: Life in Kent
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Why Chatham has got such a bad reputation
Chatham is a town in north Kent where I lived for five years, in a quiet suburban area. Despite being close, I rarely visited the High Street. People warned me away from it. I was told there was nothing to see, nothing to buy, and no reason to go. Friends and neighbours described it as…
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Walk around Shoreham
River The Darrent River, which originates in the Greensand Hills, in Shoteham is neither wide nor deep. A picturesque, three-span, stone bridge passes through it with a solid balustrade made of brick. The current structure is nineteenth-century, although it is said that the bridge has existed here in the Middle Ages. A weeping willow growing…
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10 dog-friendly beaches
Before you go to the beach with your cute pet, check if you can take your dog there. It may cost you a penalty of up to 75 pounds, because unfortunately most beaches in England prohibit romping in the water with dogs from May to the end of September. You can’t even walk on the…
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Pie in George and Dragon in Downe
I have friends crazy about English pubs and from time to time they travel around England looking for pearls among pubs brewing their own beer or serving food worth sin. One day they invited us for lunch. We thought they had found a pub in the area and they took us to a small village…
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Dancing with the deers in Knole
In 1456, the Archbishop of Canterbury bought a huge estate in southern Kent. He rebuilt the house in the Tudor style at the time, but made it look more like an Oxford University Hall than a residential building. Like this famous university, the manor has two courtyards. The entrance gate leads to the first courtyard…
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Kentish Man or Man of Kent
I suspect that by living in Kent, visiting this county, or reading about it, you have come across two terms for local people: Man of Kent or Kentish Man. Where did it come from and is there a difference between these names? Apparently, this division has its origins as early as 515, but the…
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Farm shop Broadditch
In 1848, the Harris family of farmers moved to Kent and planted potatoes, grain, beans, hops, vegetables in an area of 500 acres, and raised all kinds of cattle in the barn. Nothing has changed for 150 years and the Harris are still here. Currently, two brothers, John and Mark, representatives of the sixth generation…
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