Sevenoaks Holidays

Holidays in the UK are back again. That means great beach holidays and lovely countryside. Surrounded by rolling rural North Downs beauty, Sevenoaks is hard to beat for a low-cost UK holiday. Unsurprisingly, Sevenoaks was originally named after seven oak trees that grew in the town. An ancient place, it comes complete with many historical buildings, including the Vine Cricket Ground, one of the country's oldest. Also nearby is Knole, famous for wild deer and designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. For more beauty, try Bough Beech Reservoir, home to wild birds like coots and moorhens. Learn more about the reservoir from a Visitor Centre in the form of an old oast house.Need even more peace and quiet on your UK holidays? Try Dryhill Local Nature Reserve near Sevenoaks, home of rare wild flowers and animals and a mecca for geologists and nature lovers alike.

 

On your UK holiday in Kent, visit Emmett's Garden and you might recognise the 18 acres of gardens from the film ‘Room With A View’. The gardens and woodland contain the highest tree in Kent, the Wellingtonia at 100 feet, plus a range of rare shrubs and trees from all over the world, including the Italianate Rose Garden, the Camellia Garden and the Bluebell Den. Another great low-cost UK holidays day out is Ightham Mote, a Grade I-listed, 14th-century moated manor house with original rooms dating to 1330. The Tudor chapel with hand-painted ceiling and the drawing room with Jacobean frieze are well worth seeing. Extensive gardens laid out in a medieval style with 19th-century planting are also easy on the eye.

Sevenoaks is a great base for low-cost UK holidays in Kent. As well as good-value holiday lodges, holiday parks and holiday cottages around the Kent area, there's a range of quality hotels that includes the Best Western, the Moorings, the Hever and the Royal Oak. If you're looking for low-cost holiday accommodation around Sevenoaks, Kent has no shortage of quality camping and caravanning sites. Sevenoaks is just half an hour or so from London, and no holidays in the UK would be complete without a trip to England's capital.