Leeds Castle, Canterbury & Dover

Itinerary highlights

• Kent — the Garden of England
• Canterbury Cathedral
• Leeds Castle — the 'Lady's Castle'
• The White Cliffs of Dover
• The Memorial to the Battle of Britain pilots

What to expect

Drive through Kent, the Garden of England, with its lush fields and pretty villages, to the medieval city of Canterbury. Canterbury Cathedral is the mother church of England, incorporating the earliest Gothic architecture in the country and some of the finest surviving stained glass.

Leeds Castle is one of the prettiest in England — known as the Lady's Castle because of the many Queens of England who lived here. Swans glide silently beneath its thousand-year-old walls.

High above Europe's busiest ferry port stands the great castle of Dover on the White Cliffs. Nearby is the moving Memorial to the Battle of Britain pilots — a solitary figure in flying kit, gazing out over the English Channel. Stand beside him and, on a clear day, the coast of France is clearly visible on the horizon.