Sevenoaks

Worth seeing in and around Sevenoaks

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Knole House

   Knole is an English country house and former archbishop's palace owned by the National Trust. It is situated within Knole Park, a 1,000-acre park located immediately to the south-east of Sevenoaks in west Kent.

   1.9 km · country house in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Otford Castle

   Otford Palace, also known as the Archbishop's Palace, is situated in Otford, a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The village is located on the River Darent, which flows northward down its valley from its source in the North Downs.

   3.7 km · palace in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Long Barn

   Long Barn, located in the village of Sevenoaks Weald, Kent, is a Grade II* listed building and a Grade II* registered garden. Reputedly the birthplace of William Caxton, the house was later the home of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson.

   4.9 km · house in Sevenoaks Weald, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Great Comp Garden

   Great Comp Garden is a Georgian farmhouse and garden, located on Comp Lane near the hamlet of Comp in the civil parishes of Platt and Offham, in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, England. It was initially developed by Roderick and Joyce Cameron from the 1950s onwards, and features an Italian garden.

   5.6 km · garden in Comp, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St Mary

   St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in Sundridge, Kent, England, and in the Diocese of Rochester. It is Grade I listed.

   4.1 km · church in Sundridge, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Knole Park

   Knole Park is a 383.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sevenoaks in Kent. About 43 acres of the park belongs to the National Trust, as does Knole House, which sits within it.

   2.4 km · park in Sevenoaks, Kent, UK; Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Hubbard's Hill

   Hubbard's Hill is a 66.6-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

   3.5 km · geological site of interest in Kent · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Emmetts Garden

   Emmetts Garden is an Edwardian estate located at Ide Hill, near Sevenoaks in Kent, UK. It is now owned by the National Trust.

   5.6 km · Edwardian house and gardens at Ide Hill, Kent, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   One Tree Hill and Bitchet Common

   One Tree Hill and Bitchet Common is a 79.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is in Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and One Tree Hill is managed by the National Trust This site has mixed woodland on the Lower Greensand, some of it of ancient origin.

   4.5 km · 79.2-hectare biological site · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Kemsing Down

    Kemsing Down is a 16-hectare nature reserve north of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.

    4.6 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Knole House

   Mar-Oct: daily 11AM-5PM (bookshop, cafe and carpark open at 10AM); Nov-Feb: showrooms closed, cafe and shop remain open; park us open year-round from dawn to dusk.

2. 02
   Sevenoaks Museum and Art Gallery

   Buckhurst Lane,.

3. 03
   Lullingstone Roman Villa

   Lullingstone Lane, Eynsford, DA4 0JA (8 miles north of Sevenoaks),.

4. 04
   Quebec House

   Quebec Square, Westerham, TN16 1TD (6 miles west of Sevenoaks), quebechouse@nationaltrust.org.uk.

5. 05
   Ightham Mote

   Mote Road, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, TN15 0NT (6 miles east of Sevenoaks), ighthammote@nationaltrust.org.uk.

6. 06
   Emmetts Garden

   Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, TN14 6BA (5 miles west of Sevenoaks), emmetts@nationaltrust.org.uk.

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Things to do

1. 01
   Knole Park

   See the deer admission free to pedestrians.

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Where to eat

1. 01
   St John's Fish Bar

   93 St Johns Hill, TN13 3PE,.

2. 02
   George and Dragon

   16th-century gastro-pub The Forge, Otford (main high street).

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Getting to Sevenoaks

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 30 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 50 km · London Stansted (STN), 68 km

Stations

Sevenoaks railway station, 400 m · Otford railway station, 3.9 km · Shoreham railway station, 6 km · Bat & Ball railway station, 1.4 km · Dunton Green railway station, 2.3 km

• London → Sevenoaks

  34 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £4.5–6
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• London, Essex → Sevenoaks

  34 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £4.5–6
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• Luton, Luton → Sevenoaks

  79 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £10–14
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