Counties of the UK: Kent

This is the next instalment of my monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

 

Location – one of the Home Counties

 

Nicknames – The Garden of England

 

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County seat – Maidstone

 

Unusual town name – Pett Bottom

 

Flower – Hop

 

Signature foods – Gypsy tart, Canterbury tart, Kentish pudding

 

Famous places to visit – Canterbury Cathedral, Leeds Castle, White Cliffs of Dover, Biggin Hill, Hever Castle, Ramsgate, Royal Tunbridge Wells

 

 

Famous people from Kent – William Caxton (printing press), Vita Sackville-West, Freddie Laker (airline), Boy George, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, David Frost

 

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