We traveled on the train for about an hour to Tunbridge Wells in Kent, then a taxi to Groombridge Place. One of my ancestors built this beautiful manor home and I always wanted to travel here to see it. Here is a collection of photos from the beautiful formal gardens. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived closeby and Groombridge was the setting for one of his novels. This was the place they filmed Sense and Sensibility, the latest version with Kiera Knightly and Dame Judi Dench. It was lovely and peaceful.
The side of the mansion from the formal gardens
The "bowling alley"
The White Rose Garden lovely even in fall
Country gentleman
Be still, my garden heart
Little cottage dedicated to Conan Doyle
front -- there is a moat
Bob's favorite -- the Crown Inn - a pub that was built in the 1500's one of the oldest in England, we had beef pies, Bob had a beer.