High Halden, Nr Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LY

Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
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The village of High Halden lies in the Weald of Kent on the A28 (Canterbury to Hastings road) three miles from the Cinque Port town of Tenterden, which is known as "The Jewel of the Weald."


Tenterden High Street

Tenterden is well known for it's antique shops, art and craft galleries, tea-rooms, and excellent restaurants as well as for the Kent and East Sussex Railway Station, from which you can journey on the grand Steam Train along the Rother Valley to Bodium Castle in East Sussex.


Bodium Castle

Golf enthusiasts have a choice of good golf courses
within approximate radius of 5 miles

London Beech Hotel Golf & Leisure Club
Tenterden Golf Club
Chart Hills Golf Club, Biddenden
Great Chart Golf & Leisure, Great Chart
Cranbrook Golf Club
Weald of Kent Golf Club, Headcorn (8 miles)


Golf Course

Picturesque villages such as Appledore, Bethersden, Biddenden, Rolvenden, Rye, Smarden and Woodchurch with it's Rare Breed Centre, are all locally situated.

Leeds Castle
There are many castles nearby to explore, such as the beautiful Leeds Castle, Sissinghurst Castle, Bodiam Castle, Scotney Castle, also Tonbridge, Rochester, Maidstone and Dover Castles.

Other Cinque Ports include the lovely towns of Rye, Winchelsea, Sandwich, Hastings, Dover, Romney and Hythe (home to the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Steam Railway).

The wonderful Cathedral City of Canterbury, with its quaint walkways, cobbled streets, ancestral buildings, some dating back to Roman times, is fascinating. For those who just want to venture into the well-known shops and departmental stores you will not be disappointed. Forty minutes drive away.

Coastal towns such as Broadstairs, Dover, Ramsgate, Herne Bay and Whitstable, are pleasant seaside resorts, some with working harbours for the fishing industry and various sailing vessels.
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Canterbury Cathedral

White Cliffs of Dover
The market town of Ashford, is twenty minutes drive. There are modern shops within the centre of the town. Also very close to the International Railway Station is the popular McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, well worth a visit!

Whether driving, cycling or enjoying a pleasurable ramble in the countryside of Kent, there are so many places of beauty and interest in this Garden of England location.

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