Visit Penshurst Places

Welcome to Visit Penshurst Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Penshurst

  

Penshurst Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Penshurst

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Penshurst history

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The village grew up around Penshurst Place, the ancestral home of the Sidney family. Henry Stafford the first Baron Stafford was born here in 1501. Penshurst Airfield was located close to the village, but within the parish of Leigh.

You can visit Penshurst places with Walkfo Penshurst to hear history at Penshurst’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Penshurst has 18 places to visit in our interactive Penshurst 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 Penshurst, 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 Penshurst places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Penshurst & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 18 audio facts unique to Penshurst places in an interactive Penshurst map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Penshurst Places Map
18 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Penshurst tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Penshurst

  

Best Penshurst places to visit

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Penshurst has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Penshurst’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Penshurst’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.

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.

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