Cranbrook (Kent) - town in Kent in South East England

Cranbrook is a town in Kent.

Understand

Cranbrook is a small town in the Weald of Kent. Cranbrook has been a market town since 1289, and has a population of just over 7000.

Get in

Cranbrook is just off the A229 road between Maidstone and Hastings.

Arriva bus route 5 runs from Maidstone and Staplehurst (the nearest railway station).

Get around

See

• Union Windmill, Russell's Yard, TN17 3AH, 51.09504°, 0.53928°. Apr-Sep: Sa and some other days 2:30-5PM. 72-ft high windmill built in 1814. free, donation requested
• Cranbrook Museum, Carriers Road, TN17 3JX, 51.09755°, 0.53492°. Apr-Oct: Tu-Sa 2-4:30PM. Local history and birds in a 15th century house. free
• St Dunstan's Church, 51.09720°, 0.53618°, +44 1580 715861. Substantial church built in the Middle Ages.
• War Memorial, 51.09360°, 0.52346°. War memorial with a 1917 German Howitzer Gun nearby which was presented to the Parish of Cranbrook in recognition of their efforts during the 1914-18 war. 2018-01-24
• Sissinghurst Castle, Biddenden Road, near Cranbrook, TN17 2AB (3 miles north east of Cranbrook), 51.113899°, 0.58511°, +44 1580 710700, sissinghurst@nationaltrust.org.uk.

Do

Buy

Eat

• Apicius, 23 Stone St, 51.096043°, 0.536567°. Three-course dinner £40

Drink

• White Horse pub, Carriers Road, 51.096684°, 0.535567°, +44 1580 720727.
• The Milk House, The Street, Sissinghurst TN17 2JG (On A262), 51.109°, 0.563°, +44 1580 720200. Su-Th 09:00-23:00, F Sa 09:00-00:00. Gastropub, pricey but great food. Also has rooms, B&B double £120. 2020-07-12

Sleep

• George Hotel, Stone Street, 51.096583°, 0.535666°, +44 1580 713348.

Connect

Go next

• South to Robertsbridge
• West to Wadhurst, Mayfield and Tunbridge Wells
• North to Maidstone
• East to Tenterden and Ashford