Local Attractions

Biddenden Vineyards is the country's oldest commercial vineyard.

Visit us and taste our award-winning wines, ciders and apple juice. Admission and tasting is free. Guilded tours for groups. Free tours for individuals on selected Saturdays (booking essential).

The Chapel Down Winery is home to the UKs largest producer of English Wines. Visit the Wine and Fine Food Store selling the best in local and regional food and drink including over 30 British cheeses. Modern and traditional English cuisine is available in the Bistro.

Guided tours of the vineyard and winery run from April to October. Group tours welcome by appointment. Explore the vineyards and enjoy a sample of our award-winning wines.

Set amidst parkland with fine views, this delightful private garden has been owned by the Barham family for 99 years.

The garden features fine statues, formal yew topiary, walled, water and woodland gardens, and a spectacular bluebell wood (late April). Colour abounds throughout the seasons.

Travel back to the nostalgic age of steam and enjoy a trip through 10 miles of beautiful countryside to medieval Bodiam Castle on England's finest rural light railway. Beautifully restored coaches and locomotives dating from Victorian times, enable visitors to experience travel and service from a bygone age.

While you are visiting drop into the Colonel Stephens Museum, a tribute to one of the country's leading railway engineers.

Open every weekend May-Oct and daily in Peak Season - see the website for details of exact running days and times. We have a tourist information hut which is open on all operating days and although unmanned contains information about many tourist attractions.

Set in over 120 acres of beautiful countryside, The Rare Breeds Centre offers so much for the perfect day out.

From friendly farm animals, woodland assault courses, indoor and outdoor play areas, to exciting falconry displays and not forgetting the "Piggy Grand National" - there is something for all the family.

A National Trust owned property, created in the 1930s by novelist Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicolson. The castle has small romantic outdoor rooms, woodlands and lake walks, oast house exhibition and shop.
Opening times vary - please check their website.

Home to the Victorian Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry from 1899 until 1928.

This superb Tudor 16th Century half-timbered house boasts a museum containing fascinating theatrical memorablia, a theatre and cottage garden where seasonal events are held. Licensed cafe.

Open from March to the end of October, Saturday to Wednesday.

The Tenterden Museum was opened in 1976. The collections and exhibitions include the Cinque Ports, the busy seaport of Smallhythe, Victorian life, the Tenterden Tapestry, depicting the history of the town from Roman times made by the children of Tenterden in 1974, Tenterden life including the local potteries, the tannery, the brewery, the Borough police force and the fire brigade, hop growing and harvesting, and mathematical tiles and buildings in Tenterden.

The Museum is in a quiet location just off Tenterden High Street. The 19th century weatherboard building was a coach house and stables.

Tenterden Leisure Centre boasts a large swimming pool and flume, gymnasium and health suite and sports hall. It provides a safe and friendly environment for all the family to enjoy a wide range of leisure activities. Whether you are looking for a fun day out, or a place where you can enjoy exercising regularly, Tenterden Leisure Centre offers a warm welcome to everyone.

Workout classes, racquet sports, sports courses, swimming lessons and lots of childrens activities.

The Town Hall was built in 1790. The Georgian Assembly Room on the first floor displays the names of all the Bailiffs and Mayors since 1449.

This building houses the Tenterden Town Council and is not normally open for the public to wander around. However it is a wonderful building to gaze at from the outside and it is well worth taking a photo to remind you of your visit to Tenterden.