Links to local attractions and facilities
Surrounding Villages and Area
Pubs & Restaurants
Halfway House, Brenchley
2 miles – CAMRA pub, lots of outside seating
www.halfwayhousebrenchley.co.uk
Hopbine, Petteridge
2 miles – CAMRA pub, cosy with home cooked food
www.thehopbine.pub
The Gun & Spitroast, Horsmonden
2 miles – historic pub with food.
The Poet at Matfield
3 miles – fine dining of the highest quality
www.thepoetatmatfield.co.uk
The Vineyard, Lamberhurst
5 miles – Excellent varied menu.
www.elitepubs.com/the-vineyard
Turmeric Gold, Tudeley
6 miles – excellent Indian cuisine
www.turmericgold.com
Poacher & Partridge, Tudeley
6 miles – pub restaurant
www.thepoacherandpartridge.co.uk
Star & Eagle, Goudhurst
6 miles, hotel restaurant
www.starandeaglehotel.com
Woolpack, Yalding
6 miles Good menu including Gluten free and vegetarian options
www.woolpackyalding.co.uk
Great House, Hawkhurst
8 miles, English and French cuisine
www.thegreathouse.net
Bull, Three Leg Cross
9 miles, good pub grub. Ideal if you are walking round Bewl.
www.thebullinn.co.uk
Cafes
The Little Bull, Brenchley
1.3 miles, cosy cafe & bar right in the centre of Brenchley.
www.thelittlebullinn.cafe
Tourist Information
Visit Kent – The Official Kent Tourism Website
Tunbridge Wells
Tonbridge Castle
Sevenoaks
Maidstone
Cranbrook
National Trust Properties
There are many local National Trust properties nearby. Local National Trust Property page.
- Bateman’s
- Bodiam Castle
- Chartwell
- Emmetts Garden
- Ightham Mote
- Knole
- Scotney Castle
- Sheffield Park Gardens
- Sissinghurst Garden
- Sprivers
- Wakehurst Place
English Heritage
Local English Heritage properties.
- Battle Abbey (site of Battle of Hastings)
- Downe House (Darwin’s home)
- Dover Castle and Tunnels
- Lullingstone Roman Villa
- Michelham Priory
- Pevensey Castle
Castles and Gardens
- Downderry Lavender Nursery
- Godinton House Gardens
- Great Comp Garden
- Great Dixter House & Garden
- Groombridge Place Garden
- Hever Castle & Garden
- Hole Park Garden
- Leeds Castle
- Lullingstone Castle & World Garden
- Merriments Garden
- Pashley Manor Garden
- Penshurst Place
- Riverhill Himalayan Gardens
- Tonbridge Castle
Walking
The High Weald Landscape Trail or a number of local paths.
Cycling
Route 18 of the National Cycle Network is close by as well as the easier Parish Pedals to explore.
Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest and cycle ways (bike hire)
Bewl Water Country Park – Sailing, biking, windsurfing and trout fishing
Birdwatching
RSPB Tudeley Woods
All three British species of woodpecker live in the wood as well as nuthatches and treecreepers. The springtime there is a carpet of bluebells and primroses. Many different warblers nest on the reserve.
RSPB Tudeley Woods
RSPB Broadwater Warren
Set in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Beauty near to Royal Tunbridge Wells, Broadwater Warren is a large conifer plantation with a few remnants of heathland surviving. The RSPB are restoring the area to its original habitat of a wildlife-rich mosaic of heathland and native woodland species with some clumps of pines, a wet woodland, a rare woodland mire and forest ponds.
RSPB Broadwater Warren
Birding UK and Ireland
Bird Forum, places to see birds and bird information. You can ask experts where the best places are in the area.
UK and Ireland Bird Forum
Bewl Water Country Park
200 bird species have been recorded.
www.bewlwater.co.uk
Bedgebury Forest
One of the best sites for Hawfinch in the south-east and usually 30-50 birds can be seen flying in to roost in the cypress trees between late November and early March. The area attracts Brambling, Lesser Redpoll and Siskin in winter. Long-eared Owl can be sighted in winter.
www.bedgeburypinetum.org.uk
Shooting
Fishing
Fishing at Horsmonden, Flimwell, Hartley and Bewl Water
Golf
Local golf courses include:
- Chart Hills Golf Club
- Dale Hill Golf Club
- Hawkhurst Golf Club
- Hever Castle Golf Club
- Lamberhurst Golf Club
- The Nevill Golf Club
- Poult Wood Golf Centre
- Tunbridge Wells Golf Club