Knole House

Knole is an English country house and former archbishop's palace owned by the National Trust. It is situated within Knole Park, a 1,000-acre (400-hectare) park located immediately to the south-east of Sevenoaks in west Kent. The house ranks in the top five of England's largest houses, under any measure used, occupying a total of 4 acres.

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Knole; Knole House, Knole
English country house, historic house museum, country house, 

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  Chiddingstone Castle ⓘ
  house museum in Kent, England, United Kingdom

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  Eynsford Castle ⓘ
  castle, now ruinous, in Eynsford, Kent, England, UK  

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  Lullingstone Castle ⓘ
  historic manor house in the village of Lullingstone in England  

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  Sutton Valence Castle ⓘ
  castle in Sutton Valence, Kent, England, UK  

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  Tonbridge Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England, UK  

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  Rochester Castle ⓘ
  castle in Rochester, Kent, South East England  

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  Leeds Castle ⓘ
  castle in Kent, England, UK  

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  Hever Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed country house in Hever, Kent, England, UK  

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  Allington Castle ⓘ
  stone-built moated castle in Allington, England

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  Upnor Castle ⓘ
  fort located on the River Medway in Kent  

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  Emmetts Garden ⓘ
  Edwardian house and gardens at Ide Hill, Kent, England

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  Great Comp Garden ⓘ
  garden in Comp, Kent, England, UK

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  Riverhill House ⓘ
  country house in Sevenoaks Weald, Kent, England, UK

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  Selsdon Wood ⓘ
  Woodland in Croydon, England

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  Bedgebury National Pinetum ⓘ
  recreational and conservational arboretum in Kent, England, UK

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  British Wildlife Centre ⓘ
  nature center

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  Chartwell ⓘ
  country house south of Westerham, Kent, England, UK

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  Chatham Historic Dockyard ⓘ
  maritime museum in Chatham, Kent, England

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  Cranbrook Museum ⓘ
  building and museum in Cranbrook, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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  Crofton Roman Villa ⓘ
  Roman villa in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley

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  Cutty Sark ⓘ
  British clipper ship  

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  Danson House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom

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  Down House ⓘ
  former home of the English naturalist Charles Darwin and his family  

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  Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation ⓘ
  zoo in the UK

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  East Grinstead Museum ⓘ
  Local history museum in East Grinstead, England, United Kingdom

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  Eden Valley Museum ⓘ
  museum in Kent, England, United Kingdom

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  Essex Fire Museum ⓘ
  fire museum in Essex, United Kingdom

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  Fort Amherst ⓘ
  fort in Chatham, UK  

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  Greenwich Heritage Centre ⓘ
  former museum in local history resource centre in Woolwich, London, UK

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  Guildhall Museum, Rochester ⓘ
  Grade I listed local museum in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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  Hall Place and Gardens ⓘ
  Grade I listed house and museum in Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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  Hammerwood Park ⓘ
  country house near East Grinstead, Sussex, England, UK

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  HMS Cavalier ⓘ
  1944 C-class destroyer  

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  HMS Ocelot ⓘ
  1962 Oberon-class submarine  

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  House of Dreams Museum ⓘ
  art museum of tiles and sculpture in East Dulwich, London

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  Ightham Mote ⓘ
  historic house, now museum, on a moated site in Ightham, Kent, England, UK

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  Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Hever Castle, United Kingdom

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  Kent Life ⓘ
  museum in Kent, UK

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  Knole House ⓘ
  country house in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, UK

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  Milton Chantry ⓘ
  former chantry chapel in Gravesend, Kent England

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  New Tavern Fort ⓘ
  historic artillery fort in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK  

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  Old Soar Manor ⓘ
  historic house museum in Plaxtol, Kent, England, UK

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  PS Kingswear Castle ⓘ
  1924 paddle steamer

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  PS Medway Queen ⓘ
  1924 paddle steamer  

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  Quebec House ⓘ
  Grade I listed military museum in Westerham, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, UK  

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  Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum ⓘ
  Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom

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  Rainham Hall ⓘ
  historic house museum in Rainham, London Borough of Havering, UK

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  Restoration House ⓘ
  historic house and museum in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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  Rotunda ⓘ
  building in Woolwich, London, United Kingdom

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  Scotney Castle ⓘ
  country house in Lamberhurst, Kent, England, UK

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  Stoneacre ⓘ
  historic house in Kent, England, UK

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  Temple Manor ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Medway, United Kingdom

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  The Hop Farm Museum ⓘ
  museum in nr. Tonbridge, England, UK

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  Thurrock Museum ⓘ
  local museum in Grays

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  Titsey Place ⓘ
  country house in Titsey, Surrey, England, UK

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  Coldrum Long Barrow ⓘ
  neolithic chambered long barrow near Trottiscliffe, Kent, England, UK

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  Penshurst Place ⓘ
  historic building near Tonbridge, Kent in England

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  Priest House ⓘ
  historical house and museum in Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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  Tilbury Fort ⓘ
  bastioned fort on the Thames Estuary  

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  Queen's House ⓘ
  historic house museum in London, UK

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  Royal Arsenal ⓘ
  former arsenal in Woolwich in south-east London, England

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  Dulwich Picture Gallery ⓘ
  art gallery in Dulwich, South London, United Kingdom

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  Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery ⓘ
  regional museum, regimental museum, art gallery, heritage centre, historic house museum in Kent, England, United Kingdom

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  Red House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum, former home of William Morris

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  Coalhouse Fort ⓘ
  artillery fort at Coalhouse Point in Essex, England, UK  

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  Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
  museum in Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom

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  Standen ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Mid Sussex, England, UK

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  Horniman Museum and Gardens ⓘ
  museum in Forest Hill, London, England, United Kingdom

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  Sevenoaks Museum ⓘ
  museum in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, UK, United Kingdom

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  Gravesham Museum ⓘ
  museum in Gravesend, England, UK

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  Eltham Palace ⓘ
  historic house museum

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  National Maritime Museum ⓘ
  museum in London, England, United Kingdom  

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  Maidstone Carriage Museum ⓘ
  museum in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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  Gravesend Cold War Bunker ⓘ
  Cold War control bunker in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK  

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  Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum ⓘ
  original art and medical museum, sited at the Bethlam Royal Hospital, United Kingdom

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  British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum ⓘ
  Grassroots handmade radio museum in south london

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  Shoreham Aircraft Museum ⓘ
  museum in Kent, England

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  Six Poor Travellers House ⓘ
  museum in Rochester, Kent, England, UK

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  Royal Engineers Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Gillingham, Kent, England, UK  

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  Crystal Palace Museum ⓘ
  museum in London, England, United Kingdom

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  Honeywood Museum ⓘ
  museum in Carshalton, England, UK

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  Fan Museum ⓘ
  museum in London, England, United Kingdom

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  Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre ⓘ
  museum in Purfleet, Essex, UK

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  Spa Valley Railway ⓘ
  heritage railway in southeast England

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  Bethlem Gallery ⓘ
  art gallery in Beckenham, Bromley, England

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  Croydon Airport Visitor Centre ⓘ
  museum in Croydon, England, UK

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  Museum of Croydon ⓘ
  local and social history museum in Croydon, London

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  Charlton Athletic Museum ⓘ
  museum in London, England, UK

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  Bethlem Museum of the Mind ⓘ
  re-sited and relaunched art and medical museum, sited at the Bethlam Royal Hospital, Beckenham, London Borough of Bromley, United Kingdom

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  Huguenot Museum ⓘ
  museum in Rochester, England, UK

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  Biggin Hill Memorial Museum ⓘ
  museum in Biggin Hill, England, UK

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  Migration Museum ⓘ
  museum in London, England, UK

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1858 Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery

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1859 Red House

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1877 Coalhouse Fort

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1901 Horniman Museum and Gardens

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1905 Sevenoaks Museum

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1911 Gravesham Museum

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1933 Eltham Palace

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1937 National Maritime Museum

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1946 Maidstone Carriage Museum

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1954 Gravesend Cold War Bunker

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1970 Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum

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1974 British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum

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1978 Shoreham Aircraft Museum

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1979 Six Poor Travellers House

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1987 Royal Engineers Museum

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1990 Crystal Palace Museum

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1990 Honeywood Museum

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1991 Fan Museum

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1995 Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre

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1996 Spa Valley Railway

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1997 Bethlem Gallery

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2000 Croydon Airport Visitor Centre

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2006 Museum of Croydon

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2014 Charlton Athletic Museum

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2015 Bethlem Museum of the Mind

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2015 Huguenot Museum

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2019 Biggin Hill Memorial Museum

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2020 Migration Museum

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Knole House - 01

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Knole House - 02

Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent (west front entrance)

Knole - Green Court from English Homes by H Avray Tipping (died 1933) edited

Knowle, Sevenoaks photographed by J. Salmon, Sevenoaks - 1900

Knole, Sevenoaks in Kent - March 2009

Knole, Sevenoaks in Kent - March 2009

Roofs of Knole House (detail) from the northeast

• Notes on the structural woodwork seen in areas of the 'east wing' of Knole House, Kent - 2012 report
• Knole and the Sackvilles - book published in 1994
• Tree-ring analysis of timbers from a building: Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent - 2013 report
• The Assembling of an Estate: Knole in Sevenoaks, c. 1275 to c. 1525 - , 1974, online
• A house 're-edified' - Thomas Sackville and the transformation of Knole 1605-1608 - 2010 report
• Knole House: conservation management plan, parts 1 to 5 - 2007 report
• 'Water Court: smaller, and quite demure' A recent building survey of a forgotten late medieval courtyard at Knole, Kent - scientific article published on December 2013
• Ritual Protection Marks in the King’s Tower - academic chapter, 2019
• Knole House: Roofs above the kitchen range and south range - interpretive historic building survey - 2013 report
• A report on works proposed at Knole House - 2006 report
• Knole House: The East Range facade and roofs - interpretive historic building survey - 2013 report
• Knole revealed: archaeology and discovery at a great country house - book published in 2019
• Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent: An archaeological survey - 2007 report
• The tree-ring dating of timbers from Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent - 2010 report

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle		Chiddingstone Castle	castle, house, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	castle		Eynsford Castle	castle, archaeological site	Wikidata
site	castle		Lullingstone Castle	castle, English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	castle		Sutton Valence Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Tonbridge Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1087	Rochester Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1119	Leeds Castle	castle, English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1271	Hever Castle	castle, quadrangular castle, English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1279	Allington Castle	castle, English country house	Wikidata
site	castle	1567	Upnor Castle	castle, military museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Emmetts Garden	garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Great Comp Garden	garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Riverhill House	garden, English country house	Wikidata
site	garden		Selsdon Wood	urban park, local nature reserve	Wikidata
site	garden	1924	Bedgebury National Pinetum	botanical garden, arboretum	Wikidata
site	museum		British Wildlife Centre	nature center	Wikidata
site	museum		Chartwell	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Chatham Historic Dockyard	maritime museum, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Cranbrook Museum	local museum, independent museum, cottage	Wikidata
site	museum		Crofton Roman Villa	museum, villa rustica	Wikidata
site	museum		Cutty Sark	museum ship, clipper, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		Danson House	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Down House	historic house museum, history museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		East Grinstead Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Eden Valley Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Essex Fire Museum	firefighting museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Fort Amherst	fort, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Greenwich Heritage Centre	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Guildhall Museum, Rochester	local museum, independent museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Hall Place and Gardens	house, local museum, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Hammerwood Park	English country house, historic house museum, country house, estate	Wikidata
site	museum		HMS Cavalier	destroyer, museum ship, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		HMS Ocelot	attack submarine, preserved watercraft, museum ship	Wikidata
site	museum		House of Dreams Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Ightham Mote	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum	regimental museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Kent Life	open-air museum, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Knole House	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Milton Chantry	local museum, chantry	Wikidata
site	museum		New Tavern Fort	fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Old Soar Manor	manor house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		PS Kingswear Castle	museum ship, paddle steamer, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		PS Medway Queen	museum ship, paddle steamer, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		Quebec House	historic house museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Rainham Hall	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Restoration House	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Rotunda	museum, museum building	Wikidata
site	museum		Scotney Castle	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Stoneacre	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Temple Manor	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		The Hop Farm Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Thurrock Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Titsey Place	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	4000	Coldrum Long Barrow	museum, long barrow	Wikidata
site	museum	1341	Penshurst Place	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1500	Priest House	house, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1539	Tilbury Fort	fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1616	Queen's House	palace, historic house museum, art collection	Wikidata
site	museum	1671	Royal Arsenal	arsenal, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1811	Dulwich Picture Gallery	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1858	Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery	art museum, local museum, natural history museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1859	Red House	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1877	Coalhouse Fort	military museum, fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1885	Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1891	Standen	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1901	Horniman Museum and Gardens	museum, independent museum, museum building	Wikidata
site	museum	1905	Sevenoaks Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1911	Gravesham Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1933	Eltham Palace	historic house museum, history museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1937	National Maritime Museum	maritime museum, military museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1946	Maidstone Carriage Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1954	Gravesend Cold War Bunker	bunker, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1970	Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum	art museum, medical museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1974	British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1978	Shoreham Aircraft Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1979	Six Poor Travellers House	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1987	Royal Engineers Museum	charitable organization, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1990	Crystal Palace Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1990	Honeywood Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Fan Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre	military museum, heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Spa Valley Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum	1997	Bethlem Gallery	art museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2000	Croydon Airport Visitor Centre	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2006	Museum of Croydon	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Charlton Athletic Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2015	Bethlem Museum of the Mind	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2015	Huguenot Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2019	Biggin Hill Memorial Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2020	Migration Museum	museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Knole House - 04		Commons
commons	image		Knole House - 01		Commons
commons	image		Knole House - 03		Commons
commons	image		Knole House - 02		Commons
commons	image		Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent (west front entrance)		Commons
commons	image		Knole - Green Court from English Homes by H Avray Tipping (died 1933) edited		Commons
commons	image		Knowle, Sevenoaks photographed by J. Salmon, Sevenoaks - 1900		Commons
commons	image		Knole, Sevenoaks in Kent - March 2009		Commons
commons	image		Knole, Sevenoaks in Kent - March 2009		Commons
commons	image		Roofs of Knole House (detail) from the northeast		Commons