Attractions

  • Mote park

    Address:
    Mote Avenue, Maidstone, England ME15 7RN .

    Mote Park is a 440-acre (1.8 km2) multi-use public park in Maidstone, Kent. Previously a country estate it was converted to landscaped park land at the end of the 18th century before becoming a municipal park. It includes the former stately home Mote House together with a miniature railway and a boating lake. A ground of the same name within the park has also been used as a first-class cricket ground by Kent County Cricket Club.

  • River Medway

    Address:
    River Medway, United Kingdom .

    The River Medway is a river in South East England. It rises in the High Weald, East Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of 70 miles (113 km). About 13 miles (21 km) of the river lies in East Sussex, with the remainder being in Kent.
    It has a catchment area of 930 square miles (2,409 km ), the second largest in southern England.

  • Leeds Castle

    Address:
    Broomfield, Maidstone ME17 1PL .

    Leeds Castle is a castle in KentEngland, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Maidstone. It is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the east of the village of Leeds.

    A castle has existed on the site since 857.[3] In the 13th century, it came into the hands of King Edward I, for whom it became a favourite residence; in the 16th century, Henry VIII used it as a dwelling for his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.

    The present castle dates mostly from the 19th century. It has been open to the public since 1976.