Plan your summer in the Garden of England

Organising summer trips and days out just got easier, thanks to a new type of itinerary planner on the Heart of Kent tourism website.

With so many things to see and do in the Garden of England, it often helps to look at suggestions for days out and short breaks, particularly if visitors have specific interests, or perhaps are looking for something a little different.

A ‘Highlights’ itinerary cherry-picks the choicest attractions from each of the comprehensive itinerary themes, giving a whistle-stop gastronomic, horticultural, cultural, masculine or feminine tour of the Heart of Kent.

Every month, two of the special itineraries will be selected for their seasonal appeal to feature on the home page of the website. The new Heart of Kent itineraries comprise:

• Boys’ Day Out – caters for Father’s Day, stag weekends, or just friends on a day out with ideas for adventurous activities, relaxing golf or leisurely pursuits such as steam trains
• Art and Culture – takes in many musical, literary and theatrical attractions
• Food & Drink – explores the wonderful produce and agricultural links in the region, especially hops, vineyards and orchards
• Ladies Day Out – suggests attractive gardens, towns and villages with specialist shops, spas, and restaurants which offer excellent lunches
• Gardens and Cream Teas – combines two important pleasures, often but not always at the same venue.

The ‘Highlights’ itineraries include attractions as diverse and intriguing as the Challock Sculpture Trail for Art and Culture; Treejumpers at Woodland Court for the Chaps’ Day Out; Biddenden Vineyard & Chapel Down Winery on the Food and Drink trail; Hole Park Gardens, with home-made cakes, in Gardens and Cream Teas; and Tunbridge Wells with its specialist shops, spa venues and restaurants for the Ladies Day.

Related links:

• Heart of Kent
• Biddenden Vineyard
• Chapel Down Winery
• Hole Park Gardens

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