Penshurst is the small settlement in
United Kingdom, located some 10 km to the south-west from
Tonbridge. The capital city
London is in 60 km to the north-west. It has a population of 800 people. People mostly visit Penshurst to see its manors and anglican church buildings.
Airport Biggin Hill (IATA: BQH) is 30 km away from Penshurst and is the closest airport to it.
Things to do in Penshurst
Penshurst Place is a historic building near Tonbridge, Kent, 32 miles (51 km) south east of London, England. It is the ancestral home of the Sidney family, and was the birthplace of the great Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier, Sir Philip Sidney. The original medieval house is one of the most complete surviving examples of 14th-century domestic architecture in England. Part of the house and its gardens are open for public viewing. Many TV shows and movies have been filmed at Penshurst.
St John the Baptist Church at Penshurst, Kent is a Grade I listed Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Rochester in England. 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. Through its courtiers, soldiers, statesmen, politicians or priests whose lives appear on memorials or through its changing architecture, brasses, carvings, e…
If you have seen everything in Penshurst already, take a look on the outskirts of the town. If you are around, try one of the following places:
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