Learning Journeys

FROM ROMAN LANDING SITES TO SECRET WARTIME TUNNELS AND WORLD-CHANGING INVENTIONS, KENT WEARS ITS HISTORY WELL. BUT BENEATH THE WELL- TRODDEN TOURIST TRAIL LIES A TROVE OF LESSER- KNOWN CURIOSITIES, PIONEERING ACHIEVEMENTS AND FORGOTTEN HEROES THAT HELPED SHAPE NOT ONLY THE COUNTY, BUT THE WORLD. SPREAD ACROSS ITS VARIED REGIONS, THESE STORIES REVEAL A KENT FAR QUIRKIER, BOLDER AND MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN EVEN MANY LOCALS REALISE. HERE YOU’ LL FIND UNVEILED KENT’ S UNUSUAL, UNEXPECTED CLAIMS TO FAME ALONGSIDE HIDDEN HISTORICAL FACTS THAT EVEN LOCALS MIGHT NOT KNOW.

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