Museums in Kent

Ashford:
The Agricultural Museum, Brook:
The Street, Brook, Ashford, Kent TN25 5PF. The Hon. Curator, Brian Wimsett: phone: 01304 824969 or email brianwimsett@hotmail.com
Agricultural artefacts.

Ashford Museum:
Ashford Borough Museum, The Churchyard, Ashford, Kent
TN23 1QG.  Email: ashford.museum@ntlworld.com
Housed in a 17th century Grade II listed building, the museum features exhibits relating to Ashford’s history.
Trip Advisor reviews for Ashford Borough Museum.

Godinton House:
Godinton Lane, Ashford TN23 3BP. Tel: 01233 643854.
Jacobean country house and gardens- collection of furniture, art, porcelain and curios.
Trip Advisor reviews for Godinton House.

Lashenden Air Warfare Museum:
Headcorn Aerodrome, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent TN27 9HX. Tel 01622 631799 – 890226

Email: lashendenairwar@aol.com
Military aircraft and aviation history.

New Mill:
The Windmill, Mill Lane, Willesborough, Ashford TN24 0QG:
Built in 1869 and now restored as a working smock mill. There is also an industrial heritage museum and Norman museum.
Trip Advisor reviews for New Mill.

Swanton Mill:
Lower Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7HS. Tel: 01233 720223.
A 17th century watermil fully restored and still produces flour. Also some pleasant gardens and a small museum.

Birchington:
Powell-Cotton Museum:
Quex Park, Park Lane, Birchington, Kent CT7 0BH. Tel: 01843 842168.
Established in 1896-a collection of natural history, ethnography and fine and decorative arts also Asian weaponry, a range of ceramics, jade and ivory from Europe, China and Japan.
Trip Advisor reviews for Powell-Cotton Museum.

Sarre Windmill:
Sarre Court, Sarre, Birchington CT7 0LA. Tel: 01843 847573
Built in 1820 Sarre Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill.
Trip Advisor reviews for Sarre Windmill

Bredgar (nr Sittingbourne):
The Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway:
The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8AT. Tel:01622 884254.
Trip Advisor reviews for The Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway.

Broadstairs:
Crampton Tower Museum:
The Broadway, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 2AB.
Tel: 01843 871133.
A wealth of artefacts dedicated to Thomas Russel Crampton. The Broadstairs Gallery focuses on the development of the town of Broadstairs, illustrated through vintage postcards and photographs. The museum also holds historic town tours.
Trip Advisor reviews for Crampton Tower Museum.

Dickens House Museum:
2 Victoria Parade, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 1QS.
Tel: 01843 861232 or 01843 863453 when the museum is closed
Charles Dickens memorabilia also a display of costume and Victoriana.
Trip Advisor reviews for Dickens House Museum.

Canterbury:
Beaney House of Art and Knowledge:
18 High Street, Canterbury, Kent 
CT1 2RA. Tel: 01227 862162.
Email: beaney@canterbury.gov.uk
International and local artefacts and collections.
Trip Advisor reviews for the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge.

Canterbury Heritage Museum:
Stour Street, CT1 2NR. Tel: 01227 475202. Email: museums@canterbury.gov.uk
Local history also a Bagpus and Rupert the Bear collection.
Trip Advisor reviews for Canterbury Heritage Museum.

Kent Museum of Freemasonry:
Saint Peter’s Place, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DA. Tel: 01227 785625.
Masonic artefacts.
Trip Advisor reviews for Kent Museum of Freemasonry.

Roman Museum:
Longmarket, 11A Butchery Lane, Canterbury CT1 2JR. Tel: 01227 785575. Email: museums@canterbury.gov.uk
Roman artefacts and local finds.
Trip Advisor reviews for Roman Museum.

St Augustine’s Abbey:
Longport, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1PF. Tel: 01227 767345. 
Founded in 598 and functioning as a monastery until its dissolution in 1538 during the English Reformation.
Trip Advisor reviews for St Augustine’s Abbey

Chatham:
Chatham Historic Dockyard:
Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ. (0)1634 823807.
A maritime museum on part of the site of the former royal/naval dockyard at Chatham in Medway.
Trip Advisor reviews for Chatham Historic Dockyard.

Fort Amherst:
Khartoum Road, Chatham ME4 4UB. Tel: 01634 847747.
18th-century fort, tours.
Trip Advisor reviews for Fort Amherst.

Kent Police Museum:
The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. ME4 4TZ Tel: 01622 652158.
A collection of Police memorabilia and history of Kent County Constabulary.

Old Brook Pumping Station:
Solomons Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4AJ. Tel: 01634 842059. Email: miag@oldbrookpumping.co.uk
A 1920’s pumping station plus collection of exhibits relating to the industrial history of the Medway Towns and its surrounding area.

Chillenden:
Chillenden Windmill:
Chillenden Mill, Chillenden, Nr Canterbury, Kent CT3 1QE. Tel: 01304 841970.
Built in 1868 Grade II listed mill
Trip Advisor reviews for Chillenden Mill.

Cranbrook:
C M Booth Motor Museum:
63 – 67 High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 4LP. Tel: 01580 241234.
Morgan 3 Wheelers are the main feature of the collection.

Cranbrook Museum:
Carriers Road, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3JX.
Tel (0)1580 712929 (Answerphone) Email
curator@cranbrookmuseum.org
Hundreds of exhibits relating to the history of Cranbrook and The Weald of Kent; Exhibits include all aspects of social and family history.
Trip Advisor reviews for Cranbrook Museum.

Union Mill:
Russells Yard, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3AH. Tel: 01580 891821.
A Grade I listed smock mill- the tallest in the UK restored to working order.
Trip Advisor reviews for Union Mill.

Dartford:
Dartford Borough Museum:
Market Street, Dartford, Kent DA1 1EU. Tel: 01322 224739.

Email: museum@dartford.gov.uk
Packed with objects and information relating to the story of Dartford.
Trip Advisor reviews for Dartford Borough Museum.

Lullingstone Castle:
Lullingstone Castle, Lullingstone Park, Eynsford, Dartford DA4 0JA. Tel: 01322 862114.
Medieval manor house and gardens.
Trip Advisor reviews for Lullingstone Castle.

Deal:
Deal Castle:
Marine Road, Deal, Kent CT14 7BA.
A 16th-century coastal artillery fort built by Henry VIII between 1539 and 1540 to counter the threat of invasion, brought about by the alliance between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King Francis I of France in 1538.
Trip Advisor reviews for Deal Castle.

Deal Maritime & Local History Museum:
22 St George’s Rd, Deal, Kent CT14 6BA. Email: info@dealmuseum.co.uk
Many local history artefacts and a display of Royal Marine memorabilia.
Trip Advisor Reviews for Deal Maritime and Local History Museum.

Deal Timeball Tower Museum:
Victoria Parade, Deal, Kent CT14 7BP.
Displays related to communication, semaphore and signalling including interactive displays.
Trip Advisor reviews for Deal Timeball Tower Museum.

Walmer Castle and Gardens:
Kingsdown Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent CT14 7LJ. Tel: 01304 364288.
Built by Henry VIII as an artillery fortress, later residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, exhibits about the Duke of Wellington.
Trip Advisor reviews for Walmer Castle and Gardens.

Dover:
Crabble Corn Mill:
Lower Road, River, Dover, Kent CT17 0UY.
Tel: 01304 823292.
A working museum showing Georgian and Victorian engineering excellence at work. 6 floors of exhibits and milling machinery describe the process of turning wheat into flour.
Trip Advisor reviews for Crabble Corn Mill.

Dover Castle:
Castle Hill, Dover, Kent CT16 1HU.
Medieval castle with exhibits about its history.
Trip Advisor reviews for Dover Castle.

Dover Museum:
Market Square, Dover, Kent CT16 1PH. Tel: 01304 201066. 

Email: museumenquiries@dover.gov.uk
History of Dover incl Bronze Age boat.
Trip Advisor reviews for Dover Museum.

Dover Transport Museum:
Willingdon Road, Dover, Whitfield, Kent CT16 2HQ.

Tel: 01304 822409.
Historic Vehicles, Vintage Garage, Maritime History Displays, Model Railways & Railway Memorabilia, Bygone Street Scenes, Model Cars and Romany Life Display
Trip Advisor reviews for Dover Transport Museum.

East Kent Light Railway:
Station Road, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent CT15 7PD. Tel: 01304 832042/
01304 832055. Email: enquiries@eastkentrailway.co.uk
Heritage railway and Visitor Centre.
Trip Advisor reviews for East Kent Light Railway.

Princess of Wales Royal Regiment Museum:
Dover Castle, Canons Gate Road, Dover, CT16 1HU. Tel: 01304 211067.
Uniforms, weapons, regimental memorabilia.

Roman Painted House:
New Street, Dover, Kent CT17 9AJ. Tel: 01304 203279.
Excavated remains of a Roman painted house.
Trip Advisor reviews for the Roman Painted House.

South Foreland Lighthouse:
The Front, Saint Margarets Bay, Dover, Kent CT15 6HP. Tel: 01304 852463. 
Email: southforeland@nationaltrust.org.uk
A Victorian lighthouse on the South Foreland in St. Margaret’s Bay.
Trip Advisor reviews for South Foreland Lighthouse.

St Margaret’s Museum:
Beach Road, St Margarets Bay, Dover, Kent, CT15 6DZ. Tel: 01304 851737.
Email: enquiries@baytrust.org.uk
Changing displays on local history including Ian Fleming and Noel Coward.
Trip Advisor reviews for St Margaret’s Museum.

Edenbridge:
Chiddingstone Castle:
Hill Hoath Road, Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7AD.

+44 (0)1892 870347. Email: events@chiddingstonecastle.org.uk
Collections include a local history collection exploring the history of the village and its people, and the wider community of Chiddingstone.
Trip Advisor reviews for Chiddingstone Castle.

Eden Valley Museum:
72 High Street, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 5AR. Tel: 01732 868102.
Local history, medieval period room, blacksmith and tanning trades, cricket ball making
Trip Advisor reviews for Eden Valley Museum.

Eynesford:
Lullingstone Roman Villa:
Lullingstone Lane, Eynsford DA4 0JA. Tel: 01322 863467.
Excavated Roman villa with a fascinating collection of Roman artefacts.
Trip Advisor reviews for Lullingstone Roman Villa.

Faversham:
Chart Gunpowder Mills:
Chart Close, Faversham, Kent ME13 7SE.
+44 1795 534542.
Chart Gunpowder Mills are the oldest of their kind in the world.
Trip Advisor reviews for Chart Gunpowder Mills.

Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre:
11 Preston St, Faversham, Kent ME13 8NS. Tel: 01795 534542.
Local history and artistic & historical exhibitions.
Trip Advisor reviews for Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre.

Maison Dieu:
Ospringe Street, Faversham, Kent ME13. Tel: 01795 534542.
A 13th-century wayside hospital, this flint and timber-framed building now displays Roman artefacts from nearby sites.
Trip Advisor reviews for Maison Dieu.

Folkestone:
Kent Battle of Britain Museum:
Aerodrome Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone CT18 7AG. Tel: 01303 893140.
History of RAF Hawkinge and the Battle of Britain, aircraft of World War II.
Trip Advisor reviews for Kent Battle of Britain Museum.

Elham Valley Line Trust Countryside Centre & Railway Museum:
Georges Barn, Folkestone, Kent CT18 8AZ. Tel: 01303 273014.
Historical local and railway memorabilia.
Trip Advisor reviews for Elham Valley Line Trust Countryside Centre & Railway Museum

Folkestone Museum:
Folkestone Library & Museum:
2 Grace Hill, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1HD, Tel: 01303 256710.

Royal Engineers Museum Library and Archive:
Prince Arthur Road, Gillingham, Kent ME4 4UG. Tel: 01634 822839.
History of the Royal Engineers.
Trip Advisor reviews for the Royal Engineers Museum Library and Archive.

Goudhurst:
Finchcocks Musical Museum:
Goudhurst, Kent TN17 1HH. Tel: (0)1580 211702,
A Georgian manor in Kent, housing Richard Burnett’s collection of over 100 keyboard instruments: harpsichords, pianos, organs and more.
Trip Advisor reviews for Finchcocks Musical Museum.

Gravesend:
Chantry Heritage Centre:
Fort Gardens, Commercial Place, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2BT.
Hosted in Milton Chantry the centre houses a range of exhibits relating to Gravesend, Northfleet and the nearby villages.
Trip Advisor reviews for Chantry Heritage Centre.

Gravesend’s Secret Cold War Bunker:
Woodlands Park, Wrotham Road Gravesend DA11 7LF. Tel: 01474 33 76 00.
1950s Cold War underground nuclear bunker and command centre.

New Tavern Fort:
Fort Gardens, Milton Place, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2BT.
The remains of an 18th century fort built in the 1780s.
Trip Advisor reviews for New Tavern Fort.

Owletts:
The Street, Cobham, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 3AP. Tel: 01732 810378
Email: owletts@nationaltrust.org.uk
Charles II house of Sir Herbert Baker.
Trip Advisor reviews for Owletts.

Herne:
Herne Windmill:
Mill Lane, Herne, Kent CT6 7DR. Tel: 01227 722332.
Herne Mill is a Kentish smock windmill dating from 1789.
Trip Advisor reviews for Herne Windmill.

Herne Bay:
Herne Bay Museum and Gallery:
12 William Street, Herne Bay CT6 5EJ. Tel: 01227 367368.
Displays include local paintings, prints and photos, prehistoric elephant tusks and fossils from local beaches, coastal wildlife and a Barnes Wallis Bouncing Bomb prototype from World War Two.
Trip Advisor reviews for Herne Bay Museum and Gallery

Hever:
Hever Castle:
Hever Road, Hever, Kent TN8 7NG. Tel: 01732 865224.
Childhood home of Anne Boleyn.
Trip Advisor reviews for Hever Castle.

Kent & Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum:
Hever Castle, Hever Road, Hever, Kent TN8 7NG. Email curator@ksymuseum.org.uk
History and memorabilia of the Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry.

Hythe:
Hythe Library and Museum:
Oaklands, Stade Street, Hythe. Kent CT21 6BG.
Museum covers the history of Hythe.

Maidstone:
Kent Life:
Lock Lane, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3AU. Tel: 01622 763936.
Vintage Village and age old farming traditions from Kent’s rural past.
Trip Advisor reviews for Kent Life.

Leeds Castle:
Maidstone, Kent ME17 1PL. Tel: 01622 765400. Email: enquiries@leeds-castle.co.uk
Former royal palace dating to the 12th century incl exhibition centre.
Trip Advisor reviews for Leeds Castle.

Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery:
Saint Faith’s Street, Maidstone ME14 1LH. Tel: 01622 602838.
Local history and exhibitions.
Trip Advisor reviews for Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery

Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum:
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery, Saint Faith’s Street, Maidstone ME14 1LH.
Email: qorwkmuseum@maidstone.gov.uk
History of the local regiment. Housed in same building as Maidstone’s Museum & Art Gallery.
Trip Advisor reviews for Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum.

Stoneacre:
Stoneacre Lane, Otham, Maidstone, Kent ME15 8RS. Tel: 01622 863247.
Email: stoneacre@nationaltrust.org.uk
15th-century half-timbered yeoman’s house.
Trip Advisor reviews for Stoneacre.

Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages:
Mill Street, Maidstone, Kent. ME15 6YE. Tel: 01622 602314/602847.
Email: museumbookings@maidstone.gov.uk
History of transport, home to a unique collection of horse-drawn vehicles and transport curiosities.
Trip Advisor reviews for Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages.

Margate:
Draper’s Mill:

Saint Peter’s Footpath, Margate, Kent CT9 2SR. Tel: 01843 291696
Mid 19th Century windmill.
Trip Advisor reviews for Draper’s Mill.

Margate Museum:
Market Place, Margate, Kent CT9 1ER. Tel: 01843 231213.
Email: friendsofmargatemuseum@gmail.com
Local history.
Trip Advisor reviews for Margate Museum.

Walpole Bay Hotel & Museum:
Fifth Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent. CT9 2JJ. Tel: +44 (0)1843 221703.
History of the hotel, fossils and natural history artefacts.
Trip Advisor reviews for the Walpole Bay Hotel & Museum.

New Romney:
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway:
New Romney Station, New Romney, Kent TN28 8PL. Tel: 01797 362353.
Email: info@rhdr.org.uk
Heritage railway.
Trip Advisor reviews for Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway.

Otford:
Otford Heritage Centre:
The School House, 21 High Street, Otford, Kent TN14 5PG. 
Tel: +44 (0)1959 522384.
Otford local history.

Paddock Wood:
Hop Farm Country Park:
Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent TN12 6PY. Tel: 01622 872068.
The Hop Farm Family Park attraction hosts the museum Yesterdays World with over 1000 artefacts dating back to the 1900s.
Trip Advisor reviews for Hop Farm Country Park.

Mascalls Gallery:
Mascalls School, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent TN12 6LT.
Tel: 01892 839039.
Art exhibits.
Trip Advisor reviews for Mascalls Gallery.

Queenborough:
Guildhall Museum, Queenborough:
High Street, Queenborough, Isle of Sheppey, Kent ME11. Tel: +44 (0)1795 667295.
Local history artefacts and exhibits.

Ramsgate:
Ramsgate Maritime Museum:
The Clock House, Pier Yard, Royal Harbour, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 8LS. Tel: 01843 570622.
Email: info@ramsgatemaritimemuseum.org
Maritime history of East Kent.
Trip Advisor reviews for Ramsgate Maritime Museum.

RAF Manston History Museum:
Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 5DF. Tel: 01843 825224.
Aviation museum.
Trip Advisor reviews for RAF Manston History Museum.

Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum:
The Airfield, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 5DF. Tel: 01843 821940.
Email: enquiries@spitfiremuseum.org.uk
Military and aviation history.
Trip Advisor reviews for the Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum.

Rochester:
Eastgate House
High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1ER. 01634 333333.
16th century Elizabethan town house featured as the Nun’s House in Charles Dickens’ novel The Pickwick Papers. Museum contains Dickens’ exhibits, also changing exhibits of art and local history.
Trip Advisor reviews for Eastgate House.

Guildhall Museum, Rochester:
17 High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1PY. Tel: 01634 332680.
Plenty of exhibits relating to Medways past.
Trip Advisor reviews for Guildhall Museum, Rochester

Huguenot Museum, Rochester:
95 High Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1LX. Tel: 01634 789347.
The Huguenot Museum is the first and only museum of Huguenot history in Britain.

Restoration House:
17-19 Crow Lane, Rochester ME1 1RF. Tel: 01634 848520. Email: robert.tucker@restorationhouse.co.uk
Elizabethan mansion and garden where King Charles II stayed in 1660.
Trip Advisor reviews for Restoration House.

Rochester Art Gallery and Craft Case:
95 High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1LX. Tel: 01634 338319
Changing exhibits of art, craft and design.

Six Poor Travellers House:
97 High St, Rochester ME1 1LX. Tel: 01634 845609.
Email: admin@richardwatts.org.uk
16th-century charity house,  inspiration for Charles Dickens in his story: The Seven Poor Travellers.
Trip Advisor reviews for Six Poor Travellers House

Temple Manor:
English Heritage, Strood, Rochester, Kent ME2 4AU. Tel: 0870 333 1181.
Built as a manor around 1240 by the Knights Templar.
Trip Advisor reviews for Temple Manor.

Upnor Castle:
High Street, Rochester ME2 4XG. Tel: 01634 718742.
An Elizabethan artillery fort.
Trip Advisor reviews for Upnor Castle

Romney Marsh:
Dungeness Lighthouse:
Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Kent TN29 9NB Tel: 01797 321300.
Historic Grade 11 building and lighthouse museum.
Trip Advisor reviews for Dungeness Lighthouse.

Dymchurch Martello Tower:
Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, Kent TN29 0TJ.
Early 19th-century artillery tower.
Trip Advisor reviews for Martello Tower, Dymchurch.

Lydd Town Museum:
The Old Fire Station, Queens Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 9HL.
Local history museum.
Trip Advisor reviews for Lydd Town Museum.

New Hall Museum:
New Hall Close, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 0LF.
Tel: 01303 873897.
An old court room built in 1575 and containing a small museum with exhibits found on Romney Marsh and maps and charts.

Romney Marsh Wartime Collection:
Ivychurch Road, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 0EE. Tel: 01797 344747.
A collection of wartime equipment, remains recovered from aircraft crash sites and memorabilia.
Trip Advisor reviews for Romney Marsh Wartime Collection.

Sandwich:
Sandwich Guildhall Museum:
The Guildhall, Cattle Market, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9AH.
Local history and artefacts dating back to the 13th century.
Trip Advisor reviews for Sandwich Guildhall Museum.

White Mill Rural Heritage Centre:
The Causeway, Ash Road, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9JB.
A restored smock mill built in 1760. Exhibits include Farming and Craft tools, Kitchen & Laundry equipment, plus a complete Wheelwright’s workshop and a Blacksmith’s workshop; Photographs show Farm workers and local people 100 years ago.
Trip Advisor reviews for White Mill Rural Heritage Centre.

Sevenoaks:
Ightham Mote:
Mote Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0NT. Tel: 01732 810378.
Email: ighthammote@nationaltrust.org.uk
14th-century moated manor house.
Trip Advisor reviews for Ightham Mote.

Sevenoaks Museum:
Buckhurst Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1LQ.
Local history. In the same building as the library.

Knole House:
Knole Lane, High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0RP. Tel: 01732 462100.
Email: knole@nationaltrust.org.uk
17th-century country house, birthplace and childhood home of Vita Sackville-West.
Trip Advisor reviews for Knole House.

Old Soar Manor:
Old Soar Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0QX. Tel: 01732 810378.
Stone manor house built c. 1290 plus history of the manor and surrounding area.
Trip Advisor reviews for Old Soar Manor.

Shoreham Aircraft Museum:
13 High Street, Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 7TB. Tel: 01959 524416.
Military aviation.
Trip Advisor reviews for Shoreham Aircraft Museum.

Sheerness:
Blue Town Heritage Centre:
69 High Street Bluetown, Sheerness, Kent ME12 1RW Tel: 01795 662981. Email: bthc@btconnect.com
Packed with items, memorabilia and artefacts relating to the history of Blue Town, Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey and the Thames Estuary.
Trip Advisor reviews for Blue Town Heritage Centre.

Sheerness Heritage Centre:
10 Rose Street, Sheerness, Kent. Tel: 01795 663317
Currently closed.

Minster Abbey Gatehouse Museum:
Union Road, Sheerness, Kent ME12 2HW. Tel: 01795 872303.
History of local area.
Trip Advisor reviews for Minster Abbey Gatehouse Museum.

Sittingbourne:
Sittingbourne Heritage Museum:
67 East Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4BQ. 
Email: enquiries@sittingbourne-museum.co.uk
Local history.
Trip Advisor reviews for Sittingbourne Heritage Museum.

Staplehurst:
Brattle Farm Museum: Five Oak Lane, Staplehurst, Kent TN12 0HE.
Tel: 01580 891222.
Old tractors, vintage cars together with old implements, tools 19th and early 20th century.

Stelling Minnis:
Stelling Minnis Mill & Museum Trust:
Davison’s Mill, Stelling Minnis, Kent CT4 6AF.
A Grade One listed picturesque wooden smock mill built in 1866.

Tenterden:
Colonel Stephens Railway Museum:
The John Miller Building, Tenterden Town Station, Station Road, Tenterden, Kent
TN30 6HE. Telephone: 01580 765155.
The archive collection contains material from the 16 railways associated with Colonel Stephens and a general selection of artefacts may be seen in the Museum.

Smallhythe Place:
Small Hythe Road, Tenterden, Kent TN30 7NG. Tel: 01580 762334. Email: smallhytheplace@nationaltrust.org.uk
A half-timbered house built in the late 15th or early 16th century.
Trip Advisor reviews for Smallhythe Place.

Tenterden & District Museum:
Station Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HN. Tel: 01580 764310
Local history museum.
Trip Advisor reviews for Tenterden & District Museum.

Tonbridge:
Penshurst Place:
Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent TN11 8DG UK. Tel: +44 (0)1892 870307
Email: contactus@penshurstplace.com
Medieval mansion and gardens plus Toy Museum.
Trip Advisor reviews for Penhurst Place.

Tonbridge Castle:
Castle Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BG. Tel: 01732 770929.
A Motte-and-Bailey Gatehouse, exhibition space.
Trip Advisor reviews for Tonbridge Castle.

Tunbridge Wells:
Salomons Museum:
Broomhill Rd, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 0TG. Tel: 01892 515152. Email: reservations@salomons-estate.com
The Museum celebrates the live of Sir David Salomons, the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London and a founder of the London and Westminster Bank and his nephew Sir David Lionel Salomons, a scientist and engineer.
Trip Advisor reviews for Salomons Museum.

Scotney Castle:
Lamberhurst, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 8JN. Tel: 01892 893820.
Email: scotneycastle@nationaltrust.org.uk
19th-century Elizabethan-style house and ruins of a medieval castle.
Trip Advisor reviews for Scotney Castle.

Tunbridge Wells Museum & Art Gallery:
Civic Centre, Mount Pleasant Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1JN. Tel: 01892 554171.
Local and social history, dolls, toys and games, Tunbridge Ware, natural history, costume & textiles, fine art, archaeology, coins & tokens and the Ashton Bequest.
Trip Advisor reviews for Tunbridge Wells Museum & Art Gallery.

Westerham:
Quebec House:
Quebec Square, Westerham TN16 1TD. Tel: 01732 868381.
Email: quebechouse@nationaltrust.org.uk
Childhood home of General James Wolfe, victor of the Battle of Quebec (1759)
Trip Advisor reviews for Quebec House.

Whitstable:
Whitstable Museum and Gallery:
5A Oxford Street, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1DB. Tel: 01227 276998
Email: museums@canterbury.gov.uk
A heritage centre, history of the local oyster trade.
Trip Advisor reviews for Whitstable Museum and Gallery.

Wittersham:
Stocks Mill:
Stocks Road, Wittersham TN30 7EY. Tel: 01797 270295.
Tallest post mill in Kent, believed to date from 1781.
Trip Advisor reviews for Stocks Mill.

Woodchurch:
Woodchurch Mill:
Bethersden Road, Woodchurch TN26. Tel: 01233 860288.
A smock mill built in 1820.
Trip Advisor reviews for Woodchurch Mill.

Woodchurch Village Life Museum:
Susan’s Hill, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent TN26. Tel: 01233 860240.
Varied collection with a connection to the parish of Woodchurch.
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