insideKENT Magazine Issue 88 - July 2019 | Page 43

VISITKENT
9 REASONS TO VISIT
LEEDS CASTLE
THIS SUMMER
IF YOU’VE NEVER VISITED THE ‘LOVELIEST CASTLE IN THE WORLD’ BEFORE, THEN THIS
SUMMER IS THE TIME TO DO IT! 2019 MARKS THE 900TH ANNIVERSARY OF LEEDS
CASTLE, A LANDMARK YEAR THAT WILL CELEBRATE NINE CENTURIES OF HISTORY AND
HERITAGE – DATING BACK TO 1119 WHEN ROBERT DE CREVECOEUR BUILT THE FIRST
STONE CASTLE ON THE ESTATE – WITH AN EXCITING EVENTS CALENDAR AND THE
LAUNCH OF MANY FANTASTIC NEW VISITOR FACILITIES.
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