Welcome to Visit Leigh, Kent Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Leigh, Kent
Visit Leigh, Kent places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Leigh, Kent places to visit. A unique way to experience Leigh, Kent’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Leigh, Kent as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Leigh, Kent Walkfo Preview Leigh is located six miles (10 km) south of Sevenoaks town and three miles (5 km) west of Tonbridge. There is a large village green; nearby is Hall Place, once Leigh Hall, occasionally open to the public, built in 1876. When you visit Leigh, Kent, Walkfo brings Leigh, Kent places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Leigh, Kent Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Leigh, Kent
Visit Leigh, Kent – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 26 audio plaques & Leigh, Kent places for you to explore in the Leigh, Kent area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Leigh, Kent places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Leigh, Kent history
Leigh is thought to have grown from a hamlet, evidence of which dates back to the 11th century. The name of the village derives from the Old English leah, meaning a forest glade or clearing. The village grew substantially in the 19th century when the Baily and Morley families built many of the distinctive buildings present today.
Why visit Leigh, Kent with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Leigh, Kent places with Walkfo Leigh, Kent to hear history at Leigh, Kent’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Leigh, Kent has 26 places to visit in our interactive Leigh, Kent map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Leigh, Kent, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Leigh, Kent places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Leigh, Kent & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Leigh, Kent tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Leigh, Kent
Best Leigh, Kent places to visit
Leigh, Kent has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Leigh, Kent’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Leigh, Kent’s information audio spots:
Bidborough Windmill Bidborough Mill is a Grade II listed, house converted tower mill west of Bidborough, Kent. It is now incorporated into a housing development called Mill Court.
River Eden, Kent River Eden is a tributary of the River Medway in south east England. It rises at the foot of the North Downs escarpment near Titsey in Surrey. The name ‘Eden’ is a back-formation from Edenbridge, (Eadhelmsbrigge) in Old English.
Penshurst Park Penshurst Park Cricket Ground, also known as Earl of Leicester’s Park, is a cricket ground at Penshurst in Kent. It is one of the oldest cricket venues in England and hosted its first recorded match in 1724.
Oast Theatre, Tonbridge The Oast Theatre is based in an old oast house in Tonbridge, Kent. It is home to the Tonbridge Theatre and Arts Club. The theatre seats 112 people.
Corn Exchange, Tonbridge The Corn Exchange is a former chapel, trading facility and military installation at Bank Street in Tonbridge, Kent. It was a former military installation and trading facility at the Corn Exchange.
Tonbridge Castle Tonbridge Castle is situated in Tonbridge, Kent, England. The castle is located in the town of Tonbridge in the middle of Kent.
Lullingstone Country Park Lullingstone Country Park is a former deer park of a large estate. It was later sold to become an open-space and woodland park. The park is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest Kent.
Haysden Country Park Haysden Country Park is a 64-hectare (160-acre) country park and Local Nature Reserve. It is owned by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, the Highways Agency, Network Rail and the Environment Agency.
Penshurst railway station Penshurst railway station is located two miles north of Penshurst in Kent, in the village of Chiddingstone Causeway in England. It is 38 miles 3 chains (61.22 km) measured from London Charing Cross via Redhill.
St John the Baptist, Penshurst St John the Baptist Church at Penshurst, Kent is a Grade I listed Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Rochester. Those buried or commemorated here include Knights, Earls, Viscounts, a Viceroy of India, a Governor-General of Australia, a Private Secretary to two Kings, two Field Marshals and two winners of the Victoria Cross.
Visit Leigh, Kent plaques
4 plaques hereLeigh, Kent has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Leigh, Kent plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Leigh, Kent using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Leigh, Kent plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Leigh, Kent audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Leigh, Kent allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Leigh, Kent’s 26 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Leigh, Kent freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Leigh, Kent Map App
Our visit Leigh, Kent map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Leigh, Kent & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Leigh, Kent tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Leigh, Kent centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Leigh, Kent area at LONG:0.22, LAT:51.196.
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Things to do & visit in Leigh, Kent / surrounding areas
● Bidborough ● Bidborough Windmill ● October 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash ● Swaylands ● River Eden, Kent ● Penshurst Park ● Leigh, Kent ● Longmead Stadium ● Tonbridge ● Oast Theatre, Tonbridge ● Corn Exchange, Tonbridge ● Tonbridge Castle ● Tonbridge Swimming Pool ● Angel Ground ● Tonbridge Priory ● Tonbridge Jubilee Sidings ● Tonbridge Half Marathon ● Lullingstone Country Park ● Haysden Country Park ● Hildenborough ● Penshurst Airfield ● St Luke’s Church, Chiddingstone Causeway ● Chiddingstone Causeway ● St John the Baptist, Penshurst ● Penshurst Place ● Penshurst
Getting to / around Leigh, Kent – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Leigh, Kent using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Leigh, Kent places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Leigh, Kent Public Transport Stations
Leigh, Kent Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Tonbridge railway station
Hildenborough railway station
Penshurst railway station
Leigh railway station
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Local Leigh, Kent historians & Leigh, Kent tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Leigh, Kent? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Leigh, Kent’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Leigh, Kent place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Leigh, Kent Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Leigh, Kent destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Leigh, Kent’ web pages (for example: www.visitLeigh, Kent.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Leigh, Kent places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Leigh, Kent places to visit. A unique way to experience Leigh, Kent’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Leigh, Kent as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Leigh, Kent places with Walkfo Leigh, Kent to hear history at Leigh, Kent’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Leigh, Kent has 26 places to visit in our interactive Leigh, Kent map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Leigh, Kent, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Leigh, Kent places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Leigh, Kent & the surrounding areas.
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