Walking the Castles of Kent by David Harrison

Subtitle... ***** ISBN/Cat.No... 978 185770 3276 Size... A5 Portrait Binding... Paperback Status... In stock Publication Date... Sept 2007 Pages... 133 Price... £8.50 + £1.50 p&p TOTAL £10.00 Summary A long distance walk connecting 25 castles in stunning locations set in Kent’s lovely Garden of England. Concise maps plot the route, while easy to follow directions and full descriptions of what can be seen along the way, lead to in-depth, architectural and historical studies of all the castles. The walk is 193.4 miles long and is the route is split into 14 sections, which can be walked separately. The walk starts at Richborough Castle. Setting out along the coast it visits 25 castles on route to Canterbury. In geographical order the castles walked are: Richborough - Sandown – Deal – Walmer - Dover – Castle Hill (Folkestone) – Saltwood – Lympne – Stutfall - Sissinghurst – Scotney – Castle Hill (Brenchley ) - Tonbridge – Chiddingstone – Hever – Lullingstone – Eynsford – Cooling – Upnor – Rochester – Allington – Sutton Valence – Leeds – Chilham - Canterbury. The author, David Harrison is an avid walker. This is his fifth book for SB Publications and he is currently working on his next book, ‘Walking the Castles of Sussex’ which is due in 2008. Other books include ‘The South Downs Way’ which is still in print. ‘Exploring Eastbourne and the South Downs’, ‘Exploring Brighton and the South Downs’ and ‘Exploring Ashdown Forest’ are now out of print. S. B. Publications