Kent Life
This is Kent Life, a museum in Maidstone. Within 5 km there are 9 more places to visit. Worth the trip, Leeds Castle is 10 km off.
Museum in Maidstone
Inside Maidstone
Kent Life is inside Maidstone’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The best months to visit
From May to September, Maidstone sees highs of 17–23°C.
Kent Life
It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Maidstone
- Official site
- kentlife.org.uk
Know before you go
- EntryA fee is charged
Kent Life and what surrounds it
Orange shows Kent Life; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Maidstone’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to Kent Life
The largest of the 8 towns is Maidstone, with 109,503 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Maidstone
Larkfield
Aylesford
Kit's Coty
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Kent Life is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone | It’s in town | 109,503 | 20 |
| Larkfield | 1.6 km west of it | 26,147 | 16 |
| Aylesford | 1.6 km west of it | 734 | 11 |
| Kit's Coty | 2.2 km north of it | 153 | 12 |
| Eccles | 2.6 km northwest of it | 1,706 | 9 |
| Burham | 3.2 km northwest of it | 1,293 | 12 |
| Blue Bell Hill | 3.3 km north of it | 857 | 11 |
| Chatham | 3.6 km north of it | 76,956 | 37 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Places to add to Kent Life
Within 15 km you can add 5 castles, a cathedral and a museum.
CastleLeeds Castle10 km away2
CathedralRochester Cathedral10 km away3
Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle10 km away4
CastleAllington Castle600 m away5
Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle12 km away6
MuseumMedway megaliths2.2 km away7
CastleLeybourne Castle6 km away8
Fort · English HeritageSt Leonards Tower7.3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Kent Life
Where is Kent Life?
Kent Life is in Maidstone, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Kent Life?
Museum in Kent, UK.
When is the best time to visit Kent Life?
May to September are the warmest months in Maidstone, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Kent Life?
Within 15 km: Leeds Castle (10 km), Rochester Cathedral (10 km), Rochester Castle (10 km) and Allington Castle (600 m).
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)
- Leeds Castle: Misterzee, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rochester Cathedral: Raggatt2000, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rochester Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Allington Castle: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Upnor Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Medway megaliths: Midnightblueowl at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leybourne Castle: Glen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Leonards Tower: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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