Here’s our guide to the Top Ten Things To Do whilst on one of our caravan holidays in Kent.
Whitstable is famous for its oysters, which have been collected in the area since at least Roman times. There are plenty of places in the town to try them, accompanied perhaps by a glass of white wine or Guinness. Plus, a week-long oyster festival is celebrated every July.
Margate is a traditional seaside resort trying to regenerate itself with the opening of the Turner Contemporary on the seafront. The gallery is the largest exhibition space in the south east and offers visitors a selection of temporary exhibitions, events and education programmes.
A cliff-top walk from Dover to Deal takes in the South Foreland Lighthouse, the secluded cove and lovely seaside village St Margarets (starting point for cross-Channel swimmers) and Kingsdown.
Terlingham Vineyard nestles on gentle south-facing slopes near Folkestone and is England’s smallest commercial vineyard with its own onsite winery. The couple who run Terlingham offer tours of the vineyard as well as tasting of the award-winning wines.
Howletts aim has been to protect and breed threatened species, with a view to returning them to the wild wherever possible. Set in beautiful ancient parkland, it is home to some of the world’s most rare and endangered animals including lions, tigers, black rhino and western lowland gorillas.
Take a boat tour around Dover Bay with the best views of not just the White Cliffs but also Dover Castle and the War Tunnels.
One of the world’s most complete dockyards from the Age of Sail and one of Britain’s leading maritime heritage destinations, Chatham Dockyard has a remarkable range of museum galleries, iconic buildings and historic warships to explore.
St Leonard’s Church in Hythe is known as The Church with the Bones due to the ossuary in the crypt. It is one of only two ossuaries in England and displays, amongst other bones, over two thousand human skulls.
From Canterbury, home to the famous cathedral and World Heritage Site, this short route cuts through a lovely slice of Kent, to Whitstable on the North Kent coast. It mostly follows a disused railway line with plenty of picnic spots on the way.
Widely known as the Garden of England because of Kent’s fertile soil, it is also home to some fine gardens including Sissinghurst Castle. Surrounding an Elizabethan mansion are small garden rooms, each very distinctive from the others, offering colour throughout the season and resulting in an intimate and romantic atmosphere.
If this inspires you, why not browse our selection of holiday parks and caravan parks in Kent, and see what catches your eye?