Alternatively, click or tap the icon at the top left corner of the map to show a full list.įor directions, click on the icon of a red arrow in a white square that appears whenever a map marker or list item is selected. Zoom in and out of the map using the plus and minus icons in the bottom corner while selecting the map's markers will bring up more information about one of the featured towns or villages. The west of Kent is dominated by the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty while the Kent Downs AONB in the north and east of the county stretches from Sevenoaks, across to Rochester and down to Folkestone. Kent's county town is Maidstone, just a twenty minute drive from London's M25 motorway. The town of Dover is just 25 miles from the French city of Calais in mainland Europe while on the north east coast, you'll find Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate which are renowned for an abundance of blue flag beaches. Spanning 1,442 square miles, Kent shares borders with East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London and Essex as well as being the shortest gateway from England to France. Following establishment of Danish rule in.

The year is 866, and the Great Heathen Armys arrival in Britain is about to redefine the relationship between Vikings and Anglo-Saxons.

It premiered in 2015 on BBC America, BBC Two and later in 2018 on Netflix. Use our interactive map to explore the towns and villages that make up the Garden of England. The Last Kingdom is a British historical fiction television series based on Bernard Cornwells The Saxon Stories series of novels. Kent is the most southeasterly county in the United Kingdom and therefore enjoys much of Britain's warmest and driest weather.

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