Very Local Links

We try to support local businesses and suppliers by buying our B&B food and drink in local villages and towns.

We use our local pubs as often as time permits (regrettably not as often as we would like!). The King William is slightly closer but only one of them has its own web site - The Bull in Benenden

The location of The Holt provides an excellent base for visiting the Kentish countryside ..... and beyond. Benenden has its own village web site and from there you can leap off to other web sites in the village and those of other local villages.

To catch a flavour of local custom you may want to see the local Morris Dancers, Weald of Kent Morris.

A short drive away ...

A few local attractions that are worth looking a visit if time permits (and all a short drive from The Holt) are:-

Sissinghurst Castle - famous for the wonderful Vita Sackville-West gardens

Great Dixter - home and gardens of Christopher Lloyd

Kent and East Sussex Steam Railway - a wonderful way to while away an afternoon and see some of Kent in old time style

Finchcocks - home to a musical museum

Cranbrook - Our local small town where you can spend a few peaceful hours in the numerous individual shops, tea rooms and local hostelries. On the first Saturday in the month the auction can provide some great buys. There is a farmers market on the fourth Saturday of each month from 9am to midday.

Rolvenden Farmers Market is held on a Thursday morning, 10am to midday - a great chance to sample some real local produce - held in the church and church hall.

Tenterden - A shopping centre as it was 50 years ago with great shops, pubs and restaurants

Staplehurst Station - not itself of great merit but if you travel outside rush-hour or at weekends you can get to the centre of London (and back) by train in under an hour for less than £10.

A local supplier of fruit juice is Hartley Lands who, amongst other things, produce excellent organic apple juice.

A little further away (30 minutes by car)

The wonderful town of Rye—for quaint streets, glorious fish and chips and a individual shopping

Tunbridge Wells - Plenty to see and do in this thriving country town

Ashford - Stopping point for the Eurostar and off to Paris for the day or else stay in town and shop in the McArthur Glen Outlet Centre (not quite as stylish as Paris but good value!)

And if you need more ...

A great site to find out what is to be seen and to do around this area is The High Weald Project. This site includes some glorious illustrations from local Benenden artist Charlotte Molesworth as well as some great local photos and excellent information.