Top 10 PRETTIEST Towns in KENT
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- What are the 10 prettiest towns in the county of Kent? To determine this, I visited them all. Here's what I found out.
As a disclaimer, this list is neither a social commentary, nor a guide on which are the nicest towns to live, but purely a judgement on the aesthetics of each respective town centre.
All footage is my own, and originates from my flagship channel, 4K Explorer, which you can check out here: -- / @4kexplorer
Thanks for watching, and be sure to tap that like button! And feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below, whether you agree or disagree with the selections.
YAY! Faversham made it - top spot. Today is the antique market and is heaving in town and if you have filmed it today will be even more amazing!!. A very busy town centre today, everyone out and about!. Love Faversham. 💖
Excellent choices. I live between both Faversham and Broadstairs, and glad to see some love of them both. Another coastal town I recommend is Deal (and it still has probably the most thriving High Street in East Kent!).
Thanks, and yeah Deal's not bad either!
I come from Deal ... but then again you might have guessed ... I think it has improved a lot since I left about 50 years ago ... 😉
I’ve lived in Kent all my life and I can say that there are some very pretty towns and villages. The same goes for East Sussex, West Sussex and I’m sure most counties. However, none of the towns shown is without its bad sides. Tenterden High Street has undergone changes with too many nice shops closing and too many charity shops taking their place. Much the same for Cranbrook which also suffers from some very average housing estates around the centre.
I would have picked Deal because it is so relatively unspoilt. It is old fashioned and has gone through tough times but it seems to have changed as little as it can over the last 50 years.
... and I've just read your comment after posting my reply to @peterchecksfield9958 ... haha
Yes, I would have included Deal.
@@tommysmith5479 it’s all subjective to an extent. I don’t think too many would put Chatham, for instance, in the list. That is the town and not the Dockyard. But, the list for the top 10 or top 20 would, I would guess, have half by agreement and the remainder would largely be individual.
I'm extremely surprised Hythe isn't on the list!
It has the best seafront in Kent and the canal is very pretty.
Nice one! Faversham still has a bit of ruggedness to it, but I really enjoy living here.
I would have thought Sevenoaks would have squeezed in the top 10, good list nonetheless 👍🏽
Have to place Sevenoaks over Edenbridge! But interesting video. Thanks.
Yes, but who can afford to park in Sevenoaks now? Dickhead council.
Great choice lovely to see my home town of Faversham at number one x
I have been to most of these and they are truly lovely, I usualy get on a bus for a day trip as I live in Kent, thank you for showing them, In Sandwich they have a boat which takes you out to seal island, where you can see the seals in their habitat..
Been living in Kent for good 14 years, and surprisingly never ventured out of Maidstone... Will definitely give these mentioned gems a visit. Thank you
These videos are a fantastic use of your 4K archive! Great stuff.
Ah thank you!
Faversham! My jaw dropped 🤣 Locally known as Chaversham 😅
Not for many, many years. Faversham is an exceptional town. Great place with superb community and it’s so beautiful. Great arts and craft and local festival vibe. Without doubt the best place to live in Swale and I put it high up country-wide. So many activities and events going on.
I moved to Faversham 7 years ago. It’s an incredible town. Not just pretty but it has a great community spirit with so many things going on throughout the year. Hop Festival, Literary Festival, Midnight Feast, 40s day, Medieval Market day, Open Faversham, Open Gardens and more. At the monthly antiques market today, we had the pleasure of re-enactors mingling and educating the crowd. We have our Magna Carta now displayed with other charters in the Tourist information centre. A museum in the Fleur de Lys building, a swimming pool with an outdoor pool, diving boards and lazy river plus a lovely cinema. There’s so much history here including the pub where Nelson paid his sailors, the Maison Dieu and the Gunpowder Mill. Faversham is on a creek from which there are lots of lovely walks. So yeah, Faversham has its problems like many other towns but it’s still a great place to live.
Faversham over Canterbury?! That's crazy talk!
Canterbury has a few detractors. My principle sore point is the eyesore that is the new Marlowe, and the ring road is pretty hideous, and is very unpleasant to be around at peak hours when it's full of cars pumping out pollutants while going nowhere.
🇬🇧 I agree. Canterbury is lovely. Faversham, eh.... what can I say. I know both town extremely well.
Thank you Alex. Delightful and so informative as usual. Did Canterbury of course but never the other towns cited. My bad.
Oh I'd say some of the towns here are a bit too small to warrant a special visit, even if they are nice to look at!
Rochester is a lovely place but the biggest shame is that it’s situated in Medway so most of the time it’s full of muppets
Broadstairs is indeed quite lovely 😎👍🏻
All these towns are deliciously pretty and amazing ! It makes me want to visit England !
If I were to visit those towns and cities one day, I hope that I'll find amazing pubs with traditional English food and good English ales as well, where one can eat and drink one's fill, play card games and smoke pipe with a good English blend in it cosily !
There’s lots of very nice towns in the uk and also lots of ugly ones, just gotta pick carefully and you have some of the nicest places in Europe
There are some great traditional pubs out there, although due to the rules you'd have to settle for smoking the pipe at an outdoor terraced seating!
@@AlexinGreatBritain Yes, of course !
Please don't be fooled. There are some very beautiful places in Kent but lots of places in the county (including a few on this list) now struggle desperately with poverty, unemployment and crime. The quaint English pubs with good food and local ales have largely been replaced with pretentious gastro chains and cut and paste menus and the high streets are dead. If you decide to travel here, there are still good things to see just do a bit of research, avoid the coastal towns and you'll be fine... 🤞
@@ruthb5365 Thank you for your post ; I will be aware thereof !
My dad used to live in Westerham.We would my uncles and Aunts who lived here every year I loved my Auntie Dorrie
🇬🇧 I would have placed Canterbury at top spot and Faversham, well......
What can I say. I know both towns extremely well.
you omitted to mention that Tunbridge Wells is surrounded by lovely common land rich in birdsong and outcrops of sandstone rock formations.
Yea man love Tonbridge happy memories of that place, are the boats still for hire under the bridge by the castle? Never really went wells it was always Tonbridge, fishing at cannon bridge and the little coffe shop that was done out like a school If I remember correctly….man I’m going back 35yrs ago 😢….you live that way Keith ??
Having spent the first 18 years of my life on the SouthEastern coast of Kent, I was pretty shocked to realise how little I knew of the rest. My parents moved to Tenterden so I know that and Tunbridge Wells pretty well, with Sandwich and Canterbury from before, but not having a car myself little exploring beyond was possible. I missed a good many beautiful places. Perhaps a holiday from my home in Gloucestershire, which I know really well, is in order.
You could argue that Sandwich is a seaside town, if you include Sandwich Bay as part of the town. Thought that may be a bit of a stretch. Great list!
Thank you!
I enjoyed this one and have worked at several of the towns you feature. You mentioned Tunbridge Wells seemed like two towns. Well, you're not far wrong. I worked there for many years for a High Street bank which had two branches, one at each end of the main Mount Pleasant/Mount Pleasant Road. These were divided by Church Road and it was always said that traditionally, the area south of Church Road had the 'Carriage Trade' customers i.e. the posher end, and north of Church Road the less salubrious clientele. I won't comment on that, but the south side customers were certainly more genteel and were rather better off!
Thanks, and interesting that it seems split from a local perspective as well!
Notice he leaves out the Showfields area which no Tunbridge Wells resident wants to acknowledge 😂😂😂
I'm a bit surprised Hythe didn't get a mention
Folkestone and Hythe should definitely have made the list.
Tenterden is also the Southern Terminus of the Kent and East Sussex Railway (Heritage steam)
oops senior moment Northern terminus.
Indeed, and a fine-looking station it is too!
@@AlexinGreatBritain I travelled the line up and down then me and partner had a bumble around the town and an excellent pub meal . Fine day spent.
Good video as always, but I thought Whitstable would've made it,😁
Thanks! If I'd made the list longer, Whitstable would have been my number 12 pick.
@@AlexinGreatBritain you know the score Alex, great places to visit, just love the pub on the beach in Whitstable,🤣I love Kent.👍🏼
Thanks!!! Some amazing heritage and architecture to behold!
@@immaterialimmaterial5195 absolutely
Love West Malling
I use to live there ❤Kent
Haha, can't believe you started a tour of Tunbridge Wells at the Bedford. Otherwise a good fun list
I love Canterbury…. such a beautiful city.
Full of Romanian corner shops and Somali drug dealers 😂 sick
Omg. Faversham? It is a strange dark place 😮
At least it wasn't Chatham or Maidstone 😊
yes we dont want your sort here
A very interesting video.
Although I live in Sussex, never explored Kent!
Reason being, no direct train link!
Non driver so have explored the UK bu train
Needing to go via London to get to Kent, costs an absolute fortune!!😅
Thanks, and yeah that's a great example of how ridiculously London-centric our rail network is!
If I remember correctly, I travelled via Ashford on the train.
Love em All x 💞🌟💚
I'll tell you something, going to London for the day made me realise how much i like living in Canterbury
Relieved Maidstone didn't make your list, the yobbo capital of kent.
Maidstone the ugliest grim backward degenerate reprobate town in Kent.
Faversham has many old nice buildings, but the town centre is looking decidedly derelict as retailers leave and hospitality closes.
Good video but I think Sandwich should be higher is one of the finest medieval towns in England. Whistable could also be considered.
Whitstable was my number 12 pick when I did my analysis.
Please leave Whitstable alone we have to go through this influx of visitors every day during the summer with their bare bellies Pints of Lager and smelly chips al the local shops have gone replaced by junk shop for tourists owned by people out of town and locals are having to move out because they can no longer afford to live here. Even the prices in the charity shops have become ridiculous and only affordable by the rich people 😢
@@fordprefect4345cost me 22quid for a round of 4 pints at the neppy the other day... Just whistable bay nothing fancy its a piss take, aswell as 15quid for a steak and ale pie n chips from the naval reserve. I dont go whistable often but my family is from there, (the strouds) , our boat from 1907 is at dead man's corner currently being restored by the local community so i love whistable dearly but man has it became a shell of its former self.
Great video Alex, your puns are coming on but more work is required!
Haha, thanks - I'll keep working on it!
Yay Rochester got number 3. Im from Rochester lived here all my life.
it's beautiful w castle and cathedral; the dockyards and bridge
Faversham a wonderful town with a great community 🎉🎉
Nice to see Edenbridge made it on the list
Sandwich is gorgeous
A bacon ❤
I immigrated to the UK in 2017 and spent my first two years living in Faversham. It is a lovely town. However, it is a shame at the lack of variety when it comes to the shops. Great if you need a haircut, cup of tea, or your teeth fixed.
Whitstable definitely missing from this list so is deal both top 5 for me
Canterbury will always be number one in my list, to me places like Sandwich are too small to be called a town
Thanks!
Thanks Dianne, much appreciated! :)
I can't help feeling all those advocating for Canterbury can't have been there recently.
great choice
No 1 spot where my favourite beer is brewed.
I'm surprised the brewery wasn't mentioned especially as it's the oldest in the country or maybe it is because of the stink that permeates the air sometimes in the summer that's why it wasn't mentioned?
There are so many beautiful places in Britain. Hope the coming generations will be more caring about them. So many beautiful churches as well, but nobody’s attending anymore and they were being sold and converted to mosques with very loud chants every now and then.
There is no way that Faversham is a nicer town than Westerham. I’ve been to all of these towns and Westerham would easily be up there in the top two.
What about Deal? Clearly no. 1 in my opinion. ⛱️
I can’t deal with that
I love the fact there's a place called ham in sandwich I kid you not.
Chaversham is fast losing that title and reverting to Faversham as the DfL’s and Air BNB’s are starting to take over due to neighbouring Whitstable now being totally infested by them.
Canterbury High Street is dire. Filthy and to many tacky shops especially from the Weavers to the Clock Tower. It’s just a tourist arena now surrounded by an often impenetrable ring road.
Totally agree, and it's also drowning in University students which drastically alter the demographic of the place. I have now moved to Bury St Edmunds, which is a lovely
Of course a list like this will be entirely subjective. There are tens of lovely small villages spread throughout Kent so I guess there needs to be a more specific category to address these. Mind you some of the choices here are viewer through roast tinted glasses in my opinion. Once you get past the facade of the High Street you will see some pretty horrendous areas. Little bit surprised at Sevenoaks didn’t make the list but there again it doesn’t have a huge cathedral or enough historic interest to push it up the league table.
Faversham🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
No Sevenoaks
Surprised Rye didn’t make the list
Rye? That's in East Sussex.
Rye do you say that?
Faversham is superb.
Rochester is an urban sprawl of deeply seedy Chatham. Faversham is dull & small. Canterbury has to be no.1.
I disagree. In my opinion canterbury is mostly bluewater with some nice buildings around the cathedral.
How come Trashf….. oops I mean Ashford wasn’t on the list? 😏
Being a Tunbridge Wells resident I'm watching to see how high we place. I would say youre right about it as the town is largely touristy around the Pantiles but fairly typical once you head towards the shopping centre
Ignore Showfields area or Royal Victoria Place which is a ghost shopping centre 😂😂😂
@@JourneywithSmee nonsense. Victoria place has over 100 active shops
Just have to avoid Sherwood and high brooms and you’ll be alright 😉
@@xStateHD haha. Having lived in both areas there's a certain element of truth in that but I believe the rough area is now Showfields...it's all kind of relative though
@@keithparker1346 indeed, behind Lidl and Homebase isn’t a great area
No Folkestone or Whitstable, I do not agree with this list especially no 1
Folkestone should have made the list.
I've only been to Whitstable once before and it was nice. I watched the fish market burn down from up a tree.
Kent starts east and south of the Medway, therefore Westerham and Edenbridge don't count.
SANDWICH should of been top
".......should HAVE been top".
Is London in Kent? or does it just seem like it is,especially in the last 3 years.
In what way. If your talking about social mobility then yes Londoner move to Kent and people from Kent do move to London.
No, London is not in Kent 🐨🐨🦘
But strangely because of boundary changes ,parts of Kent and Essex are now classed as London.
@@ianhill4585Bromley including Beckenham etc
@@florence2095 I realise this, the point I was trying to make,living in a coastal town in Kent,with recent infux of londerers in recent times ?
FAVERSHAM? No1? You must be joking! I cycled there from Sittingbourne once. Never been back! THERE'S NOTHING THERE!!!
I was so enjoying the video and grew nervous as the number went down as genuinely thought it was obvious Maidstone would be number one. to leave out Maidstone is a very big mistake I would say. It stands head and shoulders above anything else Kent has to offer.
University should be written without a capital, apologies!
My ex girlfriend lives in Faversham 😅
Rochester is a city- Canterbury is a city
West Malling is a village; Westerham is a village.
Good ol fav. People can be a bit shit but it is pretty icl. Boring as hell though 😂
Good thing you didn't head any further West of Rochester....or you could have done a list of the ugliest towns in Kent🤣
have to disagree with rochester, away from the high street its not it...
Faversham is not no1
i love Canterbury but the parking is a cunt..so i stick to going to sandwich or deal.
Cunterbury???
Faversham no 1? You've got to be kidding? Even Dover is far prettier.
Kent is an overpopulated toilet. I know, i live there. 😢
Why live there if you hate it. I live in London and regularly walk in rural Kent. I would give my eye teeth to live there instead of noisy, grey, polluted southeast London. If you want to see overpopulation then come here to New Cross/Deptford!
Canterbury is no1