Where is swale in kent

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There are more than 4, varieties of fruit at the orchard including apples, pears, plums and cherries. Events throughout the year celebrate the crops from a festival of the cherry blossom in spring to a cider festival in late summer. Guided tours give visitors the chance to learn more about this important collection and to try the fruit.

The gabled brick mansion in the centre of the gardens was built in and the gardens have been added to and adapted by the residents of the house over the years to include immaculate lawns, an Edwardian rock garden, a woodland garden, herbaceous borders and impressive and unusual yew hedges. PM Mount Ephraim Continue your exploration of this region of the Garden of England with a visit to Mount Ephraim, which has been owned by the Dawes family for years.

An acre estate with a Victorian manor house sitting at its highest point, Mount Ephraim has acres of stunning terraced Edwardian gardens open to visitors. Belmont House More glorious greenery is yours to discover this afternoon at Belmont House and Gardens. The gardens are open year-round and feature a pinetum, an extensive kitchen garden, a walled garden and a Victorian greenhouse.

The house, open for guided tours between April and September, features an impressive collection of artefacts collected by six generations of the Harris family including one of the largest collections of clocks in Europe.

DINNER The Plough Inn, Stalisfield A family-run country pub with local beers, ciders and wines to complement the changing menu of homemade meals which include pub classics and dishes with a special twist. Once the railway transported the raw materials and workers for the largest paper mill in Europe, but now it is operated by volunteers as a tourist attraction.

Your journey will take you from urban Sittingbourne across a mile-long viaduct and the marshes of a country park to see the still-working paper mill, museum and gardens at Kemsley Down. This area of marshland is a privately-owned family farm and nature reserve which is home to an impressive array of wildlife — particularly birds.