Eynsford

A Darent valley village with a ford beside a medieval bridge, near a Roman villa and a Norman castle.

From King's Cross St Pancras: 1 h 10 min by train · 1 h 15 min by car

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Time there: 2–3.5 h to see all 2 places

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Must-see places

Lullingstone Castle across its lake (geograph 7503211)

Lullingstone Castle and World Garden

Garden · A manor house on a lake, home to the same family since the 15th century, with a World Garden of heritage and modern planting.

Eynsford Castle

Castle · A ruined Norman enclosure castle in the heart of the village, free to enter, with curtain walls still standing to full height.

Quick facts

A mile away, Lullingstone Roman Villa is known for its mosaics of Europa and the bull and of Bellerophon, and for the only wall paintings of their Christian kind found in Roman Britain.

Eynsford Castle is a free-to-enter ruin in the middle of the village, where sections of the Norman curtain wall still stand to their full height.

Lullingstone Castle's World Garden sits beside a lake and the family manor house, home to the same family since the 15th century.

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