| Kent | |
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| State | UK |
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| Region | England |
| Capital | Maidstone |
| Surface | 3,543.53 km² |
| Inhabitants | 1.731.400 (2014 estimate) |
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Kent is a tourist region of the Southeast ofEngland.
To know
Territories and tourist destinations
Urban centers
- Maidstone - The county seat of Kent.
- Ashford - Historic center for communications and trade between local villages.
- Broadstairs - Coastal town located onThanet island.
- Canterbury - Center of significant importance for its tourist attractions and the famous cathedral.
- Chatham - It has a museum dedicated to the English author Charles Dickens.
- Dartford - Its historic center is located near the route of the ancient road between London is Dover.
- Deal - It was here that in 55 and 54 BC Gaius Julius Caesar landed twice on his expeditions to Britain.
- Dover - Located in the extreme south-eastern part of the island, in correspondence with the homonymous strait and near its famous white cliffs.
- Faversham - 16 km from Canterbury and beside the Swale, a strip of sea that separates mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames.
- Folkestone - Ferries depart continuously from its port linking the island to the mainland. The city also has beautiful beaches and famous churches.
- Gillingham - The Roman road that connected it passes through here England is Wales, now known as Watling Street.
- Gravesend - On the south bank of the Thames and opposite Tilbury in Essex.
- Hythe - The town has medieval and Georgian buildings, as well as a Saxon / Norman church on the hill and a Victorian seafront promenade.
- Rochester - Famous for its Norman castle and a Gothic-style cathedral.
- Royal Tunbridge Wells - In 1946, the popular Subbuteo game was invented by ornithologist Peter Adolph.
- Sandwich - F. until the fifteenth century was the main god Five Ports, but later the mouth of the river became silted up preventing access to the sea.
- Sevenoaks - Settlement dating back to the thirteenth century with the establishment of a market.
- Sittingbourne - It was a convenient stopping point on the road between London, Canterbury is Dover.
- Tonbridge - There are several independent educational institutions, including the prestigious Tonbridge School.
- Whitstable - The town is known as the "Pearl of Kent" and is famous for its oysters, which are dedicated to an "Oyster Festival" in July.
