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Hever Castle B&B
Edenbridge, Kent
Anne Boleyn's childhood home, reimagined by William Waldorf Astor as a fairytale moated castle, the seat of a Tudor courtier, stands in landscaped grounds with an Edwardian 'Tudor' village, home to this exceptional B&B.
Alkham Court
Dover, Kent
If you're outward bound for France, this farmhouse B&B, just ten minutes from the port of Dover and Eurotunnel, is perfect for a stop-off – but you might not want to leave. 'This didn't feel like a hotel, it felt like a home,' writes one contented reader.
The Duke William
Canterbury, Kent
Close to Canterbury, this village gastropub has four stylish bedrooms, informal dining inside and out, and imaginative menus of locally sourced produce.
The Queen's Inn
Hawkhurst, Kent
Old-meets-new in this revived 16th-century coaching inn, now a 'busy, cheerful pub' in a historic Wealden village.
The Ferry House
Sheerness, Kent
On a remote corner of the Isle of Sheppey, this former inn on the Swale Estuary is a birdwatchers' paradise, with smart bedrooms and a waterside restaurant serving highly inventive dishes of locally farmed and foraged ingredients, with produce from the dynamic kitchen garden.
Read's
Faversham, Kent
A Georgian manor house is home to a restaurant with spacious, old-fashioned bedrooms, where Frederick Forster, a former Roux Scholar, has been winning plaudits for his creative ways with locally sourced ingredients.
The Mount Edgcumbe
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
'Despite a wild and rural backdrop' of 'a tall sandstone ridge, surrounded by mature trees', this pub-with-rooms is just a stroll from the town centre.
Boys Hall
Ashford, Kent
With smugglers' tunnels beneath, this 'beautiful, gabled 17th-century manor', five minutes from Ashford International, stands in 'a secret garden oasis with a rose and herb garden'.
The Pig at Bridge Place
Canterbury, Kent
A short hop from Canterbury, a Grade I-listed Jacobean mansion and former music venue, which once hosted rock legends such as The Kinks, was the sixth addition to Robin Hutson's Pig collection.
Sissinghurst Castle Farmhouse
Cranbrook, Kent
A Victorian house on the Sissinghurst estate is home to this 'good-value B&B in a perfect location' for a visit the iconic English gardens laid out in the 1930s by Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson.
Albion House
Ramsgate, Kent
This chic and stylish small hotel in a restored Regency building has an enviable clifftop position overlooking the beach and Royal Harbour.
How to find a hotel wedding venue in Kent Famously known as the garden of England, Kent has a reputation for its beauty and its easy to see why. Home of Charles Dickens in the quintessentially British seaside town of Broadstairs, home of Tracey Emin in Margate, and destination of London's most fashionable who frequent the coastal town of Whitstable, Kent is a fabulously convenient location to reach as well as being a charming place to get married. Coastal borders and a landscape of gentle hills, farmland and country estate, peppered with English vineyards that benefit from the area's comparatively mild climate are all part of the fabric of this beautiful part of England. Bordering Greater London, East Sussex and Surrey, it can be judged by equally charming neighbours, and is home to architecture that tells the story of England's rich history in the form of icons such as Canterbury Cathedral, Rochester Cathedral and Anne Boleyn's childhood home Hever Castle. This gentile part of the world is also known for its refined hospitality, reflected in its array of hotels that are perfect for weddings and celebrations. The Crescent Turner perhaps, which is named for the artist who famously immortalised the area in his paintings, or Read's, a Georgian manor house on the way to Dover with a generous flourish of antiques and swathes of dramatic curtains. The idea of getting married somewhere so utterly charming before heading on to the Channel Tunnel and hot legging it to Paris for your honeymoon is surely the stuff that romantic novels are made of?
