Castle · Tonbridge · Kent

Somerhill House

Somerhill House is a grade I listed country house. Tonbridge has it inside its built-up area. Close by, Hever Castle is 13 km away, one of 32 within 15 km.

Photo: Somerhill House, Nigel Chadwick (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Tonbridge

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Castle in Tonbridge

Inside Tonbridge

Somerhill House is inside Tonbridge’s built-up area, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Tonbridge has 108 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

Warm months and wet ones

From May to September, Tonbridge sees highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°77 mm

Feb8° / 1°56 mm

Mar11° / 3°47 mm

Apr14° / 4°49 mm

May17° / 7°50 mm

Jun20° / 10°48 mm

Jul23° / 12°46 mm

Aug22° / 12°52 mm

Sep19° / 9°51 mm

Oct15° / 7°80 mm

Nov11° / 4°80 mm

Dec8° / 2°79 mm

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

About

Somerhill House

Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages.

Tonbridge’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Tonbridge

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

The map

Somerhill House on the map

Somerhill House is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Where people come from

Royal Tunbridge Wells tops the 8 for size, at 51,215 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Tonbridge

36,136 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km southwest of it

Royal Tunbridge Wells

51,215 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km southeast of it

Pembury

5,783 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km northwest of it

Hildenborough

4,943 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Somerhill House is	People	Places to visit
Tonbridge	It’s in town	36,136	10
Royal Tunbridge Wells	2.2 km southwest of it	51,215	7
Pembury	2.4 km southeast of it	5,783	6
Hildenborough	2.8 km northwest of it	4,943	6
Southborough	3.1 km southwest of it	9,632	6
Five Oak Green	3.2 km east of it	1,436	4
Bidborough	3.5 km west of it	914	6
Golden Green	4.2 km northeast of it	552	6

Make a day of it

Next door to Somerhill House

A visit can add 5 historic houses and 3 castles, from 32 places within 15 km.

Historic houseHever Castle13 km away 2

CastleTonbridge Castle Gatehouse2.4 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustKnole House11 km away 4

Historic house · National TrustIghtham Mote8.7 km away 5Historic houseHistoric housePenshurst Place8.2 km away 6

Castle · National TrustScotney Castle13 km away 7

CastleMereworth Castle10 km away 8

Historic house · National TrustOld Soar Manor9 km away

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

Planning a visit to Somerhill House

Where is Somerhill House?

Somerhill House is in Tonbridge, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Somerhill House?

Grade I listed country house in Capel, Kent, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Somerhill House?

May to September are the warmest months in Tonbridge, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Somerhill House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Somerhill House?

Within 15 km: Hever Castle (13 km), Tonbridge Castle Gatehouse (2.4 km), Knole House (11 km) and Ightham Mote (8.7 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)

Somerhill House: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hever Castle: Nigel Lamb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tonbridge Castle Gatehouse: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Knole House: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ightham Mote: Brian Snelson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Scotney Castle: Berit from Redhill/Surrey, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mereworth Castle: Antonio Visentini / Francesco Zuccarelli, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Old Soar Manor: Christopher Nicol, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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