... too many natural and historical places to recommend! Here is just a "key word list" to skim through.

More information can be easly found on the internet!

 

• Hythe Royal Military Canal, flanked by beautiful walking, cycling, and horse riding routes with plenty of peacefull pic-nic spots to enjoy.

• "Ladies Walk" , a tree-lined path from the town to the seafront, surrounded by green open public spaces with paths east to west along the canal bank where boats can be hired for pleasure boating.

• The Beach of Hythe with the wide and long marine Promenade which leads eastward to Sandgate and beyond to Folkestone’s Lower Leas Coastal Park.

• Hythe High Street, with many indipendent shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs and interesting historical buildings which can also be found in the maze of side streets leading up the hill.

• The 11th-century parish Church of St Leonard dominating the hill with the famous ‘Bonehouse’ (Ossuary) in the underlying crypt;

• Brockhill Country Park, located in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. 54-acres of meadows and woodland with a lake and a stream. It is a very popular place for people of every age who love walking, picnicing and observing wild life;

• Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, one of the largest wild animal parks in the UK with over 700 rare and endangered animals.

• Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: the world's smallest miniature public railway;

• The Castles at Saltwood and Lympne: private buildings that offer a striking view to visitors of the surounding area.

• Eaton Lands, a peacful area with woodland, meadows and wild flowers.

• American Garden, a private garden open to the public every weekend in May during the rhododendron season: home of  huge specimens of this plant.

• one of the best sites in southern England to go fossil hunting can be found outside Folkestone at the rocky beach and at the cliff base  just below the area known as The Warren. Great views eastwards showing the White Cliffs of Dover. Access is good but not recomended for small children. Please check the tide times before you organize this beautiful trip.

• Sports: golf (Sene Valley Colf Club, Imperial Golf Club are the nearest), cricket, tennis, sailing, kite-flying, ... plus cycling, walking, angling ..