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Visit Knole, Henry Vlll's Tudor Mansion built around 7 courtyards, with 52 staircases and 365 rooms, and fairy-tale Leeds Castle, surrounded by a lake on your way to Canterbury, the "Cradle of Christianity" with its awe-inspiring Cathedral built in the 11th century. Also see Dover Castle beautifully positioned on top of the white cliffs. Spending the night in Kent you will be well located to see some superb Gardens, Castles and Stately Homes: Vita Sackville-West's famous Sissinghurst Gardens created around the old Castle tower, Leonardslee designed around six lakes, Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill for 42 years and now kept as a memorial to him, Hever, childhood home of Anne Boleyn and setting for her courtship with Henry Vlll and Arundel, nearly 1000 years old and home of the Dukes of Norfolk. Spend your second night in West Sussex. Return to London via Brighton with its dazzlingly exotic Pavilion, Jane Austen's home at Chawton, the cathedral cities of Winchester and Salisbury and Stonehenge, Britain's most important prehistoric monument nearly 5000 years old.
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