Welcome to Kent/Leeds Castle
We took a Viator tour out of London to Kent, The Cliffs of Dover, and to Canterbury. In Kent we visited Leeds Castle, one of the more well known castles in the southeast portion of England. Interesting stop
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- Population of Kent is 1,846,476(2017)
- Records back to 51 BC
- Known as the Garden of England because of fruit growing businesses in the area
- Leeds Castle built on islands on a lake created by the river Len
- 1st castle 1119
- Grown in the 13th and 16th centuries
- Present castle updated in 19th Century
- Opened to public in 1976
- 539,000 visitors in 2019.
Leeds Castle
The Grounds of Leeds Castle