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Nature Attractions In Maidstone

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Maidstone is a large, historically important town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. It lies 32 miles east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it with Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river carried much of the town's trade as the centre of the agricultural county of Kent, known as the Garden of England. There is evidence of settlement in the area dating back before the Stone Age. The town, part of the borough of Maidstone, had a population of 113,137 people in 2011. There has been a shift in the town's economy since the Second World War away from heavy industry towards li...
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  • 1. Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats Boughton Monchelsea
    The Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats is a British charitable organisation devoted to the welfare of these animals. The charity, which is based in Maidstone, Kent, England, was established in 2003 . It is as yet the only goat charity in the whole of the UK.
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  • 6. Teston Bridge Country Park Maidstone
    Teston /ˈtiːstən/ is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. It is located on the A26 road out of Maidstone, four miles from the town centre. There is a narrow stone bridge over the River Medway here. Barham Court is the 'big house'. It has now been converted into offices and apartments. It was once the home of Randall Fitz Urse, one of the knights who murdered Thomas Becket in 1170. It passed to the de Berham family now called the Barhams, and then the Boteler family. They were Royalists, William Butler was imprisoned for supporting the Kentish Royalist Petition 1642, which indirectly led to the Battle of Maidstone 1648. When Edward Hasted visited in the 18th century, it was owned by the Bouveries. After that it passed to the Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham. The villa...
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  • 7. Whatman Park Maidstone
    Whatman plc is a GE Healthcare Life Sciences brand specialising in laboratory filtration products and separation technologies. Whatman products cover a range of laboratory applications that require filtration, sample collection , blotting, lateral flow components and flow-through assays and other general laboratory accessories. Formerly Whatman plc, the company was acquired in 2008 by GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric.
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  • 9. Brenchley Gardens Maidstone
    Julius Lucius Brenchley , of Maidstone, was a 19th-century English explorer, naturalist and author.
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  • 11. Colchester Zoo Colchester
    Colchester Zoo is a zoological garden situated in Colchester, England. The zoo opened in 1963 and celebrated its 50th anniversary on 2 June 2013. It is home to many rare and endangered species, including big cats, primates and birds as well as a large number of invertebrates and fish species.
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