Scotney Castle Garden (Lamberhurst, Kent)

This year I have visited Scotney Castle Garden and Estate twice because it's the nearest tourist site that belongs to National Trust. It is only 15 minutes drive from my home to there. General information Scotney Castle Garden and Estate is located to the south of Tunbridge Wells and is surrounded by kentish country views. Scotney Castle is a brown colour building which has three levels. It is a typical Victorian country house. It was a home of the Hussey family from the late 18th century. As a National Trust property the house is open from March to December. It has a small cark parking for 30 cars roughly. From the car park ...  Read the complete review

Once again here we were with a Friday afternoon off, a rare, for this year, sunny sky and National Trust membership tickets in our hands. Flicking through the members handbook, we were looking for somewhere to go within an hours drive of Brighton, preferably that we had not visited before. Early May is a wonderful time to be looking at gardens, so we narrowed it down to two options, Sheffield Park or Scotney Castle. My wife was keen to see a house AND garden, that knocked out Sheffield Park - no house, so off to Scotney we went. The journey should not have taken more than forty-five minutes, only the driver (me!) overshot the turn off, leaving us ...  Read the complete review