The Darent Valley – through the eyes of Samuel Palmer
Download the Darent Valley app and follow in Samuel Palmer's footsteps as you wander through the stunning landscape immortalised by him nearly 200 years ago. Wonder at chalk slopes with woodland tops, ancient trees towering over Lullingstone Park and awe inspiring views across Shoreham Village. Your afternoon is spent at the family owned Mount Vineyard, where you'll taste English wines produced in the Darent Valley. Choose from seven different varieties and stay for dinner to enjoy a meal at the vineyard's restaurant.
- 1 day
- Sevenoaks
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The Darent Valley – through the eyes of Samuel Palmer
Download the Darent Valley app and follow in Samuel Palmer's footsteps as you wander through the stunning landscape immortalised by him nearly 200 years ago. Wonder at chalk slopes with woodland tops, ancient trees towering over Lullingstone Park and awe inspiring views across Shoreham Village. Your afternoon is spent at the family owned Mount Vineyard, where you'll taste English wines produced in the Darent Valley. Choose from seven different varieties and stay for dinner to enjoy a meal at the vineyard's restaurant.
Walk the Samuel Palmer Trail with the Darent Valley app
Discover one of Britain’s most talented artists, Samuel Palmer. Walk in his footsteps, and see how the magnificent landscape of the Darent Valley inspired this English artist, nearly 200 years ago. This is a 5.3 mile circular walk, with some steep climbs and descents.
Samuel Palmer Trail
The Honeypot Café and Tea Rooms or The Shoreham Aircraft Museum Tea Rooms
The Honeypot Café and Tea Rooms in Shoreham is a local café and tea room, ideal for a lunch stop.
The Shoreham Aircraft Museum Tea Rooms, is only open at weekends. It’s popular with ramblers and cyclists, offering tea, coffee, and a range of homemade scones, cakes and pastries.The Tea Room is also a gallery, with plenty of aviation art prints and paintings.
The Shoreham Aircraft Museum Tea RoomsThe Honeypot Café and Tea Rooms
Wine Tasting at Mount Vineyard
The Mount Vineyard, in Sevenoaks, is a family run vineyard producing a range of English wines. Spend the afternoon discovering the wonders of viticulture and the history of the vineyard. Learn about the wine in your glass, in the beautiful Darent Valley.
Wine Tasting at Mount Vineyard
The Mount Vineyard
The Mount Vineyard, in Sevenoaks, is an ideal place to eat after wine tasting. Offering stone based pizzas and sharing boards, that includes small batch cheeses such as Blacksticks Blue, Oxford Isis and Barber’s Cheddar. Plus, sparkling pressés from Kingsdown in Kent, small estate tea from Birchall’s and select spirits from local distilleries.
The Mount Vineyard
Little Elses glamping or Vigo Retreat B&B cabin
Little Elses (££), offers a great glamping option in the heart of the Darent Valley countryside. It’s a small-scale adults only site in Sevenoaks Weald. It’s three luxury bell tents are tucked away in the Kent countryside.
Vigo Retreat provides B&B (££) cabins overlooking the Sevenoaks countryside.
Little Elses, glampingVigo RetreatTravel
Train – Sevenoaks and Shoreham Village have train stations.
Bus – Sevenoaks and Shoreham Village are on bus routes.
Parking – Sevenoaks has a number of car parks.