English Heritage sites near Hever Parish
HOME OF CHARLES DARWIN - DOWN HOUSE
10 miles from Hever Parish
Down House is a site of outstanding international significance. Here the famous scientist Charles Darwin lived with his family for forty years and worked on his revolutionary theories.
OLD SOAR MANOR
10 miles from Hever Parish
A small but complete portion of a stone manor house built about 1290. The first floor 'solar' private chamber, with attendant chapel and garderobe, stands over a vaulted undercroft.
LULLINGSTONE ROMAN VILLA
12 miles from Hever Parish
Among the most outstanding Roman villa survivals in Britain, Lullingstone provides a unique all weather family day out. See fascinating Roman artifacts and enjoy a specially commissioned light show.
BAYHAM OLD ABBEY
13 miles from Hever Parish
Bayham Abbey makes a fascinating day out on the Kent Sussex border. The impressive ruins include much of the 13th to 15th-century church, the chapter house, and a picturesque 14th-century gatehouse.
EYNSFORD CASTLE
13 miles from Hever Parish
The substantial stone walls of a very early Norman 'enclosure castle', begun c.1085-7 and unusually little altered by later building works. This rare survival stands in an attractive village setting.
ST LEONARD'S TOWER
14 miles from Hever Parish
An early and well-preserved example of a small free-standing Norman tower keep, surviving almost to its original height.
Churches in Hever Parish
Holy Trinity
Mark Beech
Edenbridge
http://www.3spires.org.uk
One of a group of three tiny village churches. Despite its small size the enthusiastic congregation maintain a vigorous church life, and there are services most Sundays.
Holy Trinity is a lovely Gothic revival building at the heart of a cluster of untouched Victorian cottages.
St Paul
Bough Beech Road...
Four Elms
Edenbridge
http://www.3spires.org.uk
One of a group of three tiny village churches. Despite its small size the enthusiastic congregation maintain a vigorous church life, and there are services most Sundays.
St Paul's may be the oldest concrete church in England, and contains interesting work by William Lethaby and other members of the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Our new Quiet Garden was dedicated in 2006.
St Peter Hever
Hever Road
Hever
Edenbridge
http://www.threespires.wordpress.com
One of a group of three tiny village churches. Despite its small size the enthusiastic congregation maintain a vigorous church life, and there are services most Sundays.
The church contains a number of interesting brasses, and the tomb of Sir Thomas Bullen, father of Anne Boleyn and grandfather of Queen Elizabeth the First.
Pubs in Hever Parish
Four Elms
Greyhound
Uckfield Lane, Hever, TN8 7LJ
(01732) 862221
greyhoundhever.co.uk
Hever Golf Club PLC
Kentish Horse
Cow Lane, Markbeech, TN8 5NT
(01342) 850493
kentishhorsemarkbeech.co.uk
King Henry VIII Inn
Hever Road, Hever, TN8 7NH
(01732) 862457
kinghenryviiiinn.co.uk