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Exploring Kent: A Quiz on Geography and History

Test your knowledge about Kent's geography, history, and notable features with this engaging quiz.

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1 Kent County Council's headquarters are in ________,[29] while Medway's offices are in Strood and Gillingham.

2 The medieval ________, except for Dover, have all now silted up.

3 What is the motto of Kent?

4 Which of the following is east of Kent?

5 What is directly west of Kent?

6 Which of the following is Southwest of Kent?

7 Which of these places is north of Kent?

8 [25] The Medway has captured the head waters of other rivers such as the ________.

9 Which of the following titles did Kent have?

10 The M26 motorway, built in 1980, provides a short link between the M25 at ________ and the M20 near Wrotham.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Chislehurst Caves of Kent are actually mines that were first worked in 1250.
  • the Grade I listed Franks Hall, in Horton Kirby, Kent, England, was used as a barn in the 1850s.
  • the Doric-style temple in Mote Park near Maidstone in Kent commemorates the review by George III and William Pitt the Younger of a militia formed to repel Napoleon.
  • the River Bourne in Kent used to power a dozen mills in its 10 mile length.
  • the first mill for splitting iron into rods and nails, and the first paper mill in the UK, were situated on the River Darent in Kent.
  • when King Edward VII opened Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent, England, in 1905, that the main corridor was almost 1,000 feet (300 m) long.
  • the only Edward Medal awarded in the Kent coalfield was won at Tilmanstone Colliery, one of only four successful pits in Kent out of twelve planned or built.
  • the 600-year-old Westgate in Canterbury, Kent, is the largest surviving city gate in England, with double-decker buses still squeezing through it (process pictured).
  • in the 1930s Lady Olive Baillie held house parties at Leeds Castle, Kent, England, and her guests included the film stars Charlie Chaplin, Errol Flynn, and Gertrude Lawrence.
  • Sarre Windmill was the first windmill in Kent to have a steam engine installed as auxiliary power.
  • Ringle Crouch Green, Sandhurst was the only five-sailed corn mill in Kent.
  • Lower Mill, Woodchurch, a smock mill in Kent, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
  • The Haunted House written by Charles Dickens in 1859 is the inspiration for an attraction which can be seen at Chatham in Kent.
  • although SS Empire Beatrice was scrapped in 1966, a 50-foot (15 m) long section of her can still be found off Dungeness, Kent.
  • an oast house is a traditional Kentish structure for drying hops before brewing.
  • ambulanceman Stanley Skinner was awarded the British Empire Medal for his actions in the aftermath of the train crash at Marden, Kent in 1969.
  • Chillenden Windmill was the last post mill built in Kent, replacing a mill that had blown down in 1868, and that it was itself blown down in 2003.
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