Stage 5

Penshurst – Tonbridge – Tudeley – Hartlake – Beltring – Hadlow – Ivy Hatch – Riverhill – Ide Hill – Brasted Chart – Westerham – Sevenoaks – St Mary’s Platt – Otford – Kemsing – Eynsford – Downe – Biggin Hill – Keston – Green Street Green – Orpington

Sidney family porcupine, Penshurst Place gardens, Penshurst

Penshurst Place gardens, Penshurst

‘The Times’ roses, Union Flag Garden, Penshurst Place, Penshurst

Topiary bear, Penshurst Place gardens, Penshurst

Water lilies, Diana’s Bath, Penshurst Place gardens, Penshurst

Diana’s Bath, Penshurst Place gardens, Penshurst

Honey bee on rambling rose, Walled Garden, Penshurst Place gardens, Penshurst

Henry VIII & his Six Wives, Penshurst Place gardens, Penshurst

River Medway, Tonbridge

Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge

Chagall window, All Saints’ Church, Five Oak Green Road, Tudeley

Chagall window, All Saints’ Church, Five Oak Green Road, Tudeley

River Medway from Hartlake bridge

The Hop Farm, Branbridges Road, Beltring

The Hop Farm, Branbridges Road, Beltring

High Street, Hadlow

Hadlow Tower from Church Street, Hadlow

Hadlow Tower, Hadlow

Ightham Mote, Ivy Hatch

Ightham Mote, Ivy Hatch

Magnolia, Ightham Mote, Ivy Hatch

Dog kennel, Ightham Mote, Ivy Hatch

Sweet chestnut, Ightham Mote gardens, Ivy Hatch

Rowan berries, Ightham Mote gardens, Ivy Hatch

Ightham Mote gardens, Ivy Hatch

Gunnera, Ightham Mote gardens, Ivy Hatch

Wilmot Hill, Ivy Hatch

The Weald from Wilmot Hill, Ivy Hatch

Rose garden, Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, Riverhill

Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, Riverhill

Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, Riverhill

The Weald from ‘Little Everest’, Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, Riverhill

‘Little Everest’, Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, Riverhill

Aeroplane crossing the sun above ‘Little Everest’, Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, Riverhill

Emmetts Garden, Ide Hill

Mexican fleabane, Emmetts Garden, Ide Hill

Rose Garden, Emmetts Garden, Ide Hill

Lily pond, Emmetts Garden, Ide Hill

Lily pond, Emmetts Garden, Ide Hill

Lily pond, Emmetts Garden, Ide Hill


The Weald from Toys Hill, Brasted Chart

Chartwell from the north, Mapleton Road, Westerham

Golden Orfe Pond where Sir Winston Churchill sat to ponder, Chartwell, Mapleton Road, Westerham

Churchill’s art studio, Chartwell, Mapleton Road, Westerham

Walled Garden, Chartwell, Mapleton Road, Westerham

Brick wall built by Churchill, Chartwell, Mapleton Road, Westerham

Pumpkin patch, Walled Garden, Chartwell, Mapleton Road, Westerham

Wendy house ‘Marycot’ built by Churchill, Chartwell, Mapleton Road, Westerham

WW2 German bomb crater, Chartwell, Mapleton Road, Westerham

View south to the Weald across Chartwell’s ‘Swimming Pool’, Mapleton Road, West


Knole, Sevenoaks

Knole, Sevenoaks

Knole, Sevenoaks

Rainwater pipe with initials of Thomas, (Lord) Dorset, Knole, Sevenoaks

Lead rainwater trough, Knole, Sevenoaks

Knole, Sevenoaks

Orangery, Knole, Sevenoaks

Pergola, Knole, Sevenoaks

Herb garden, Knole, Sevenoaks

Sunflowers, vegetable garden, Knole, Sevenoaks

View north across vegetable garden, Knole, Sevenoaks

Box hedging and entrance to The Wilderness, Knole, Sevenoaks

Patte d’oie junction, The Wilderness, Knole, Sevenoaks

C18 pond, The Wilderness, Knole, Sevenoaks

Fallow deer, Knole Park, Sevenoaks

The Vine, Sevenoaks

The Vine, Sevenoaks

The eight oaks of the Vine, Sevenoaks

Great Comp, St Mary’s Platt

Great Comp Garden, St Mary’s Platt

Great Comp Garden, St Mary’s Platt

Buttercups, Old Palace Field, Otford

Ladybird on buttercup, Old Palace Field, Otford

Remains of Otford Palace gatehouse, Old Palace Field, Otford

St Bartholomew’s Church, The Green, Otford

The Pond, Otford

1934 Rolls Royce, High Street, Otford

High Street, Otford

St Clere, Kemsing

St Clere, Kemsing

St Clere, Kemsing

St Clere, Kemsing

St Clere, Kemsing

St Clere, Kemsing

River Darent, Lullingstone Country Park, Eynsford

River Darent weir, Lullingstone Castle lake, Eynsford

Lullingstone Castle lake, Eynsford

Lullingstone Castle lake, Eynsford

Cedar of Lebanon, Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford

Baobab sculpture, World Garden, Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford

Crimson Bottlebrush, Cloud Garden, Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford

Cloud Garden, Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford

Hot & Spikey house, Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford

Bridge over the River Darent, Lullingstone Lane, Eynsford

Bellerophon Mosaic, Lullingstone Roman Villa, Lullingstone Lane, Eynsford

Down House, Luxted Road, Downe

Darwin’s greenhouse, Down House, Luxted Road, Downe

Darwin’s Sandwalk, Down House, Luxted Road, Downe

Charles Darwin memorial sundial, St Mary the Virgin Church, High Street, Downe

Formerly operational Spitfire, Biggin Hill Airport, Main Road, Biggin Hill

Original and replacement Wilberforce Oaks, off Westerham Road, Keston

Parasol mushroom, Heathfield Road, Keston

Sevenoaks Road, Green Street Green

Former approach to High Elms manor, Shire Lane, Orpington

High Elms Country Park, Shire Lane, Orpington

High Elms Country Park, Shire Lane, Orpington

High Elms Country Park, Shire Lane, Orpington

High Elms Country Park, Shire Lane, Orpington

High Elms Country Park, Shire Lane, Orpington

High Elms Country Park, Shire Lane, Orpington

High Elms Country Park, Shire Lane, Orpington

Original Fives Court, High Elms Country Park, Shire Lane, Orpington

High Elms Golf Course, Shire Lane, Orpington

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