English Heritage sites near Penshurst Parish

Porth Hellick Down Burial Chamber

PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER

1000 miles from Penshurst Parish

A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.

Halliggye Fogou

HALLIGGYE FOGOU

1000 miles from Penshurst Parish

Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.

Innisidgen Lower and Upper Burial Chambers

INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS

1000 miles from Penshurst Parish

Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.

Harry's Walls

HARRY'S WALLS

1000 miles from Penshurst Parish

An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.

Garrison Walls

GARRISON WALLS

1000 miles from Penshurst Parish

You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Cromwell's Castle

CROMWELL'S CASTLE

1000 miles from Penshurst Parish

The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.

Churches in Penshurst Parish

St John the Baptist

High Street Penshurst Tonbridge
https://www.penshurstchurch.org/

St Peter's, Fordcombe

Spring Hill Fordcombe Tunbridge Wells

On behalf of St. Peter's Church Parochial Church Council we are very pleased to welcome you to our Church Website. Please take a few minutes to explore it , we hope you will find it useful. The parish of Fordcombe is within the united benefice of Penshurst, Fordcombe and the Chiddingstone Churches and as such there is monthly pattern of services in each of the Churches in the benefice. 

There are number of church sponsored activities in Fordcombe and we produce a monthly Newsletter which gives details of services, church and village activities and other local news, this is delivered free to all houses in the Parish, as well as being available to view on this website.

We are a friendly bunch of people and If you are new to the village or feel you might like to be involved in our Church or its activities please do come along to our services and events, you will be made most welcome.

If you need further information or help in anyway please do contact us.


Pubs in Penshurst Parish

Bottle House

Coldharbour Road, Smarts Hill, TN11 8ET
(01892) 870306
thebottlehouseinnpenshurst.co.uk

Remote but well patronised country inn dating back to 1492. Pub takes its name from a large assortment of bottles found here during 1938, depicted in the unusual pub sign. Re-furbished internally, there are low beamed ceilings and exposed s...
Chafford Arms

Spring Hill, Fordcombe, TN3 0SA
(01892) 740267
chaffordarms.com

Attractive tile hung pub with extensive garden affording a fine view over the upper Medway valley. Close to the Wealdway, walkers and dogs are welcome in the recently refurbished comfortable public bar which features a log burner. Good qual...
Leicester Arms Hotel

High Street, Penshurst, TN11 8BT
(01892) 871617
theleicesterarms.com

Refurbished in late 2013 to a high standard and with 13 beautifully appointed en-suite rooms this establishment now adopts the status of a hotel. However, non-dining customers, with their dogs or children, are accommodated in style around t...
Spotted Dog

Smarts Hill, Penshurst, TN11 8EP
(01892) 870253
spotteddogpub.com

This extremely picturesque white weather-boarded, Grade II listed free house, perched on a hillside, was originally a run of three farm cottages. Approached down the steps via the front sunny terrace one gets a sense of the oozing charm bef...