Sutton Valence Castle: Kent, England

Number 27 - Sutton Valence Castle

While on a day trip to Kent in November 2012, we decided to pay a visit to Sutton Valence castle.

While driving down little country lanes to find it, we got completely lost and had to ask a man wandering around in his wellingtons. He looked very concerned when we said we were trying to find the castle and said 'you do know it's a ruin don't you?'.

He was telling the truth. There really isn't much castle to see at Sutton Valence. Though it is free to get in. It's managed by the English Heritage and is at a nice vantage point over a sweet little village. It's the ruins of a small 12th century Norman Keep. Really there were just two walls which you could walk through and then there was another wall fragment. That was kind of it.

Cost: Free

Hints and tips: don't go out of your way to see it, but it's near lots of lovely towns and villages if you fancy a day out in Kent.