Historic house · near Ightham · Kent

Ightham Mote

Ightham Mote is a historic house, now a museum, on a moated site in Ightham, Kent. It is protected as a Grade I listed building. A short trip away is Knole House, 4.5 km off, the first of 40 within 15 km.

Photo: Ightham Mote, Brian Snelson (CC BY 2.0)

Where

700 m

south of Ightham

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 8%

#682 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Historic house near Ightham

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#682 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (8 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Ightham

Ightham Mote is 700 m south of Ightham. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Ightham has 47 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Which month to go

Expect highs of 19–22°C in Ightham from June to September.

Jan7° / 1°80 mm

Feb8° / 1°65 mm

Mar10° / 2°54 mm

Apr13° / 4°56 mm

May17° / 6°56 mm

Jun20° / 9°59 mm

Jul22° / 11°52 mm

Aug22° / 11°62 mm

Sep19° / 9°62 mm

Oct15° / 6°96 mm

Nov10° / 4°94 mm

Dec8° / 1°93 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Ightham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Ightham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Ightham’s full climate →

About

Ightham Mote

Its care is managed by the National Trust. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 8 languages.

Ightham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: 700 m south of Ightham
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/ightham-mote

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Map of Ightham Mote and nearby

On this map, Ightham Mote is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Ightham Mote

Among the 8, Tonbridge is the biggest, home to 36,136 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · 700 m north of it

Ightham

2,037 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km east of it

Plaxtol

1,137 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 3.2 km south of it

Hildenborough

4,943 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 3.6 km northeast of it

Borough Green

4,712 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Ightham Mote is	People	Places to visit
Ightham	700 m north of it	2,037	10
Plaxtol	1.5 km east of it	1,137	6
Hildenborough	3.2 km south of it	4,943	6
Borough Green	3.6 km northeast of it	4,712	10
Tonbridge	3.6 km south of it	36,136	10
Sevenoaks	3.9 km west of it	26,474	11
Seal	4 km northwest of it	1,616	8
Hadlow	5.9 km southeast of it	3,168	8

Make a day of it

While you are near Ightham Mote

Also close at hand are 5 historic houses and 3 castles, among 40 within 15 km.

Historic house · National TrustKnole House4.5 km away 2

Historic houseHever Castle13 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustChartwell13 km away 4

CastleTonbridge Castle Gatehouse6.9 km away 5

Historic house · National TrustOld Soar Manor3.5 km away 6

CastleMereworth Castle8.4 km away 7Historic houseHistoric housePenshurst Place11 km away 8

Castle · English HeritageEynsford Castle13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Ightham Mote

Where is Ightham Mote?

Ightham Mote is 700 m south of Ightham, Kent.

What is Ightham Mote?

Historic house, now museum, on a moated site in Ightham, Kent, England, UK.

Who runs Ightham Mote?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Ightham Mote?

June to September are the warmest months in Ightham, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Ightham Mote a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Ightham Mote?

Within 15 km: Knole House (4.5 km), Hever Castle (13 km), Chartwell (13 km) and Tonbridge Castle Gatehouse (6.9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Ightham Mote: Brian Snelson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Knole House: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hever Castle: Nigel Lamb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chartwell: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tonbridge Castle Gatehouse: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Soar Manor: Christopher Nicol, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mereworth Castle: Antonio Visentini / Francesco Zuccarelli, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Eynsford Castle: Richard Nevell from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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