Castle Museum in Kent

Advantages: Eclectic Museum set in pleasant grounds
Disadvantages: Not as good as nearby Hever Castle.

... Visitor Information Chiddingstone Castle is 5 miles from Edenbridge in Kent, between the two more famous historic attractions of the area, Hever Castle and Penshurst Place. Travelling by car, without a sat nav, we found it best to follow the signs to nearby Hever Castle on the major roads. As we got nearer, on the B2027, we followed the Chiddingstone signs. If you have a sat nav, you will need the postcode TN8 7AD. They are open Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, from Easter until the last Sunday of September. Information about additional open days can be found in the What?s On Section of their website, which includes Halloween and Christmas events. Prices are £6 adults, £4 children aged 5-13, under 5s are free. There are also family and season tickets. History Exhibition rooms in the current...

DavidCoulthard 24.09.2009 · Read review
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Some fields in Kent

Advantages: Commonplace
Disadvantages: Rare

...that. It would also be a safer place - safer for the diversity of nature, and safer from our reliance on monoculture, on chemicals and on high energy inputs for our food production. We as a species are taking a gamble that all these things will be sustainable, even in the face of the changing climate that our numbers and activities engender, and it is a gamble that may well be lost. One of the values of places like Marden Meadow is that they remind us we should think about such things. What's more, there's no charge for entry, which makes it especially good value for money. If you feel you ought to be giving something back for your enjoyment of the place, you can always make a donation to Kent Wildlife Trust, which owns it. * Who's in charge * Kent Wildlife Trust is an independent charity dedicated to nature conservation in...

torr 25.05.2008 (27.05.2008) · Read review
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A - Z of Kent

Advantages: Totally comprehensive guide to Kent
Disadvantages: Although navigation is easy, the volume of information is enormous and to fully explore the whole site could take days

...www.kent.gov.uk is the official Kent County Council website. Not the sort of site you’d pick to browse if you’re looking for thrill a minute fun and excitement, but if you have an interest in Kent for any reason, be it from the point of view as a current or perspective resident, business person, or visitor, it is well worth a look..... “Welcome to Kent, the Gateway between the UK and Europe, and to Kent County Council's website. This is a new site and content will be regularly added and updated. We hope it gives you lots of information about Kent, Kent County Council and its services.” The home page is visually plain and simple, displaying the short greeting message (above), in basic black arial font on a crisp white background. The main category headings of the site are displayed, in bold red font...

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Chartwell House, Kent - Home of Churchill

Advantages: Fascinating house, lovely gardens, easy to find
Disadvantages: A bit pricy for a family

...Chartwell House in Kent is most famous for being the home of Winston Churchill and as such acts as a museum and shrine to his life and works. However, it is set in an extremely beautiful location with wonderful gardens and gorgeous views that are a pleasure in their own right and a good guide as to why Churchill himself loved the place so much and why he spent the majority of his life there. The entire site has been owned and run by the National Trust for a number of years and in terms of facilities and general quality is pretty much what you'd expect. On with the details. ############################### # Getting There ############################### Chartwell House is open all year except Dec 25th and is near Westerham, Kent. The National trust website gives useful notes on getting there by road, rail, bike, bus...

ilaskey 21.04.2007 · Read review
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Kent Marine Salt

Advantages: Dissolves quickly, good trace elements, no waste products left
Disadvantages: Bags are difficult to re-seal when opened

...Kent Marine is one of the leading names in marine aquaria. They make a variety of products to help marine fishkeeperes to improve and simplify their set ups. Kent?s salt is becoming one of the most popular in this country. It is aimed for fish only or reef systems, and contains extra calcium, strontium, iodine and many trace elements which are all exceptionally useful for reef tanks. These products also make it one of the best for marine keepers that use reverse osmosis water, as it replaces the important elements. This salt contains no traces of phosphate, ammonia, nitrite or nitrate. It gives a pH of 8.4 and dissolves very quickly. Calcium and Magnesium levels are very high which helps corals in an invert system to grow at their maximum . I have been using this salt throughout my marine fishkeeping experience and have...

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Kent fault the day at all!

Advantages: met new people, and some that I'd met before
Disadvantages: got up at 7.30am...

...On a leary Zeterday, a mort of fellowly foreigners came a limb-of-a-way to run agin a parcel of reemer men of kent and kentish men. Wus a plum pleasant day, helving with jawsies and jokesies, and nabbling while filling the parish oven with a dossett (or a cantell) of the local Spitfire. I be properly pleased that I went to the first meet to-year. Or, for those of you who do not posess a copy of "Kentish as she wus spoke" by Alan Major: On an overcast Saturday, an large number of companionable non-Kentish visitors came a considerable distance to meet up with a number of excellent inhabitants of the county of Kent. It was a very pleasant day, gossiping with chatterboxes and witty people, and holding idle conversation while filling our mouths with a small dose (or an indefinite number!) of the local Spitfires. I am thoroughly pleased...

emmorticia 11.01.2004 · Read review
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Review of Kent Meet January 2004

University Accommodation PARK WOOD

Advantages: Very clean and spaceous!
Disadvantages: Live on a hill, so you'll have a trek coming up from town!

...I am currently studying at the University of Kent and living on campus accommodation - to be more precies, PARK WOOD. I ahve to say that the rent is very reasonable for what you get, aronud 55-60 pounds a week (electricity and gas bills included in the rent). You have all the amenities around you, plus ALL your friends. With car parks dotted around campus! Yes this university LETS STUDENTS BRING THEIR CARS ALONG! However you might have to fight for the space when you live in Park Wood. Anyway, the main campus is about 10 minutes casual walk away from the furthest of Courts, and on the way you pass the Park Wood supermarket and an indoor Blockbuster's movie renting machines. The gym is only 5 minutes away. ALSO, LAN CONNECTION! FAST INTERNET ACCESS IN NEARLY EVERY ROOM!...

angela888 06.12.2000 · Read review
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Review of Kent University, Canterbury

Kent's very reliable savings account

Advantages: High tax free, interest rate. Very efficient
Disadvantages: Old passbook style account.

...I have been looking on the market for months now for a competitive, tax free mini cash ISA account. My own bank could not offer me much in the way of a competitive interest rate and so I looked further. I read the Which magazine every month and I had noticed that Kent Reliance Building Society appeared in their most recommended tax free savings every month! I always expected that the big high street names would offer the best rates and so I was weary about a little building society in kent whom I had never heard of! At the time when I applied to going interest rate was 4.4% APR (tax free) and so I accessed their website www.krbs.co.uk and I was very impressed with how professional it looked and how informative it was. It told me everything I needed to know about all their available accounts and it also enabled me to download...

gouldts 15.04.2003 · Read review
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All about Aston university accommodation

Advantages: Location, facilities, average price
Disadvantages: old buildings

...I have been a student at Aston university for 4 yrs now and over that time I have visited friends at other universities and noticed the considerable differences between the accommodation. So I decided to write about the halls of residence here as university is an important step in life and accommodation wil feature as a deciding factor of whether or not you choose the university. CAMPUS Aston is a campus university and so all the halls of residence are very close to the actual university. The furthest you could be is about 5 mins. walk from the main buildings. Therefore rolling out of bed five mins. before your lecture is not such a bad thing (I don't recommend this though!). In comparison with Nottingham university where the furthest hall can take up to twenty mins. to walk we have it easy here at Aston! LOCATION...

Suewan 09.05.2003 · Read review
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Guide to choosing University accommodation

Advantages: Guides both prospective and returning students on what factors to consider in choosing both on and off- campus accommodation
Disadvantages: Not relevant to all unis, but is to most

...It is difficult to write this opinion from a general perspective, as choosing and applying for accommodation varies so greatly between universities. I am about to start my 4th and final year at Warwick University, where I have lived both on and off campus. Based on my experiences, I shall try to give prospective and returning university students some kind of general idea of what to look out for when selecting accommodation. For some students the main factor involved in their choice of accommodation will inevitably be the cost. On one hand, cost may not be an object, especially if your parents are funding you, but there are still certain factors I would advise you to take into account. These factors will apply to all other students for whom the most expensive residences may be ruled out. Warwick has a great choice of on...

stuartcorey 04.09.2001 · Read review
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