11 Sights in Maidstone, United Kingdom (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Maidstone, United Kingdom! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Maidstone. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

1. White Horse Stone

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The White Horse Stone is a name given to two separate sarsen megaliths east of Blue Bell Hill, near the hamlet of Sandling and the village of Aylesford, north of Maidstone, in the south-eastern English county of Kent.

Wikipedia: White Horse Stone (EN)

2. Wormshill Church

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St Giles Church is the sole church in the village of Wormshill in Kent. The church is Anglican and is dedicated to Saint Giles. It forms part of the united benefice of Tunstall with Bredgar. The other parishes are Milstead, Bicknor and Frinsted and Rodmersham. The ecclesiastical parish of Wormshill is in the Diocese of Canterbury and the Sittingbourne deanery. It is a Grade II listed building, English Heritage number 1060971.

Wikipedia: St Giles Church, Wormshill (EN)

3. Maidstone Museum

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Maidstone Museum is a local authority-run museum located in Maidstone, Kent, England, featuring internationally important collections including fine art, natural history, and human history. The museum is one of three operated by Maidstone Borough Council. The building is Grade II* listed.

Wikipedia: Maidstone Museum (EN)

4. The Archbishop's Palace

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The Archbishop's Palace Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Archbishop's Palace is a Grade I listed historic 14th-century and 16th-century building on the east bank of the River Medway in Maidstone, Kent. Originally a home from home for travelling archbishops from Canterbury, the building has been most recently used as a venue for wedding services. The former tithe barn for the palace, now serves as the Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages.

Wikipedia: Archbishop's Palace, Maidstone (EN)

5. Stoneacre

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Stoneacre is a small National Trust property in Otham, near Maidstone, Kent in southern England. The property is a half-timbered yeoman farmer's house dating from the 15th century, together with a small garden, orchard and meadows. The house is a Grade II* listed building.

Wikipedia: Stoneacre, Kent (EN), Website

6. Sutton Valence Castle

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Sutton Valence Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Sutton Valence in Kent, England. Overlooking a strategic route to the coast, the original castle probably comprised an inner and an outer bailey and a protective barbican, with a three-storey high keep on its southern side.

Wikipedia: Sutton Valence Castle (EN)

7. St Mary and All Saints

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St Mary's and All Saints is a parish church in Boxley, Kent begun in the 13th century and with additions in the 14th and 15th centuries. The church was restored in the 1870s. It is a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: St Mary's and All Saints Church, Boxley (EN)

8. St Martin of Tours, Detling

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St Martin of Tours is a parish church in Detling, Kent. Dedicated to Martin of Tours, the building was constructed in the 12th century with 13th and 15th-century additions and restoration carried out in the late 19th century. It is a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: St Martin of Tours Church, Detling (EN)

9. Ss Peter and Paul's Church

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St Peter's and St Paul's Church is a parish church in Church Lane, East Sutton, Kent dedicated to saints Peter and Paul. It was begun in the mid-13th century or earlier and additions were made in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Restoration work was carried out on the church in the late 19th and late 20th centuries. The church is a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: St Peter's and St Paul's Church, East Sutton (EN)

10. St John The Baptist

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St John the Baptist's Church is a parish church in Marley Road, Harrietsham, Kent dedicated to John the Baptist. It was begun in the late 11th century or in the 12th century and works continued to the 15th century. The church is a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: St John the Baptist's Church, Harrietsham (EN)

11. Church of St. Mary Magdalene Stockbury

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St Mary Magdalene is a parish church in Stockbury, Kent built in the late 12th century with additions in the 13th and 15th centuries and restoration in the 19th century. It is a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: St Mary Magdalene Church, Stockbury (EN)

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