Meopham Holidays

UK holidays in Meopham provide a perfect base to explore the Garden of England. Meopham is a large village near Gravesend with one of the country's longest streets, at seven miles. For the historian on holiday in Meopham, Cobham Hall is worth a trip on your sightseeing UK holidays in Kent. It's a beautiful 16th-century mansion combining Elizabethan, Jacobean and Carolean influences. Around the hall are 150 acres of lovely parkland being restored by the Cobham Hall Heritage Trust. Gardeners will love the grounds in spring. Equally elegant is Lullingstone Castle, housing superb state rooms, armour and paintings. The grounds here are stunning: the 'World Garden' of plants features almost 8,000 plant species, conceived by Tom Hart Dyke whilst taken hostage in Colombia.

If you want to escape gardens on your cheap UK holidays in Meopham, get down to Chislehurst Caves. Armed with a lantern, you'll explore underground passageways created by hand over the centuries. Find out how the Druids, Saxons and Romans used the caves, and how they were deployed during WW2. At Knole Park on your UK holidays around Meopham, you can combine a lovely walk around a National Trust property with a round of golf. Meanwhile, kids will enjoy a tour of Newham City Farm, with its large collection of farm animals and rare breeds. A visitors' centre offers classroom facilities and displays. Firepower!, the Royal Artillery Museum, has some fascinating historic artillery to see, from Roman times right up to a nuclear missile, as well as cannons, tanks and jeeps.

 

UK holidays in Meopham are ideal for exploring the lovely Kent countryside, with its spectacular homes and gardens. There are caves to explore, castles to see and museums to visit, not to mention the lovely beaches of the Kent coast. But a holiday in Meopham is also a good base for getting into London, seeing the sights and sampling the nightlife. So book your cheap family UK holidays in Meopham online or by phone with directline-ukholidays.