Sutton Valence Castle

Sutton Valence Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Sutton Valence in Kent, England. Overlooking a strategic route to the coast, the original castle probably comprised an inner and an outer bailey and a protective barbican, with a three-storey high keep on its southern side.

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Ruins of Sutton Castle; Sutton Castle; Tower keep castle at Sutton Valence
castle, 

• Gatehouse Gazetteer page^@
• Historic England research records page^@
• CastlesFortsBattles page^@
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  Sutton Valence Castle ⓘ
  castle in Sutton Valence, Kent, England, UK  

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  quadrangular castle in Cooling, Medway, Kent, United Kingdom  

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  Bodiam Castle ⓘ
  14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England, UK  

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  Upnor Castle ⓘ
  fort located on the River Medway in Kent  

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  Godinton House ⓘ
  Grade I listed country house in Great Chart with Singleton, Kent, England, UK

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  Great Dixter Gardens ⓘ
  Gardens in South East England

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  Hole Park ⓘ
  country house in Kent, England, UK

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  Mount Ephraim ⓘ
  country house in Hernhill, Kent, England, UK

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  Mount Ephraim Gardens ⓘ
  historic house and gardens, near Faversham, in Hernhill, Swale, Kent, England, UK

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  National Fruit Collection ⓘ
  collection of heritage fruit varieties and cultivars, at Brogdale Farm, Kent, England

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  Pashley Manor ⓘ
  Grade I listed manor house in Rother, United Kingdom

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  Pines Garden ⓘ
  garden in St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent

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

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  Sissinghurst Castle Garden ⓘ
  Grade I listed garden in the United Kingdom  

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

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  Bateman's ⓘ
  17th-century house museum in Burwash, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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  Belmont House and Gardens ⓘ
  Georgian house and gardens in Throwley, Kent, England, UK

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  Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway ⓘ
  heritage railway in Kent, England

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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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  Fort Amherst ⓘ
  fort in Chatham, UK  

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  Great Dixter ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Sussex, England, UK

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

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  HMS Cavalier ⓘ
  1944 C-class destroyer  

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  Kent and East Sussex Railway ⓘ
  railway in south east England

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  Kent Life ⓘ
  museum in Kent, UK

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  Lashenden Air Warfare Museum ⓘ
  Aviation museum in England

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  Milton Chantry ⓘ
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  Old Soar Manor ⓘ
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  1924 paddle steamer

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

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  historic house and museum in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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  railway taking its name from the Sussex and Kent River Rother

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  country house in Lamberhurst, Kent, England, UK

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  Smallhythe Place ⓘ
  former home of Ellen Terry

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  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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  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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  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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  Slough Fort ⓘ
  fort in Allhallows, Kent, England, UK  

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

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  Sevenoaks Museum ⓘ
  museum in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, UK, 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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  The C.M Booth Collection ⓘ
  museum in Rolvenden, Kent, England, UK

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  Tenterden and District Museum ⓘ
  museum in Tenterden, Kent, United Kingdom

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  Fleur de Lis Museum ⓘ
  museum in Faversham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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

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  Minster Gatehouse Museum ⓘ
  museum in Sheerness, England, UK

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

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  Rose Street Cottage of Curiosities ⓘ
  museum in Sheerness, Kent, England, UK

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  Queenborough Guildhall Museum ⓘ
  museum in Queenborough, England, UK

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  Spa Valley Railway ⓘ
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  Colonel Stephens Railway Museum ⓘ
  railway heritage museum in Tenterden, Kent, UK

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  Sittingbourne Heritage Museum ⓘ
  museum in Sittingbourne, England, UK

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  Woodchurch Village Life Museum ⓘ
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  Bluetown Heritage Centre ⓘ
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1979 Six Poor Travellers House

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1981 Minster Gatehouse Museum

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1987 Royal Engineers Museum

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1989 Rose Street Cottage of Curiosities

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1996 Queenborough Guildhall Museum

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1996 Spa Valley Railway

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1997 Colonel Stephens Railway Museum

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1999 Sittingbourne Heritage Museum

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2001 Woodchurch Village Life Museum

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2009 Bluetown Heritage Centre

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2014 Kent Firefighting Museum

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2015 Huguenot Museum

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Sutton valence castle and path up to it

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Castle View

Castle Remains

Sutton Valence Castle

Sutton Valence Castle

Sutton Valence Castle

Great Tower, Sutton Valence Castle

Sutton Valence Castle, remains of keep

Sutton Valence Castle on its mound

• Sutton Valence Castle - article published in Archaeologia Cantiana in 1902, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Gatehouse Gazetteer page@		Wikidata
link	page		Historic England research records page@		Wikidata
link	page		CastlesFortsBattles page@		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	1279	Allington Castle	castle, English country house	Wikidata
site	castle	1380	Cooling Castle	quadrangular castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1385	Bodiam Castle	quadrangular castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1567	Upnor Castle	castle, military museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Godinton House	English country house, garden, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Great Dixter Gardens	garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Hole Park	garden, country house	Wikidata
site	garden		Mount Ephraim	garden, school building, country house	Wikidata
site	garden		Mount Ephraim Gardens	park, garden	Wikidata
site	garden		National Fruit Collection	botanical garden, orchard	Wikidata
site	garden		Pashley Manor	manor house, garden, country house	Wikidata
site	garden		Pines Garden	garden, local museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Riverhill House	garden, English country house	Wikidata
site	garden		Sissinghurst Castle Garden	garden	Wikidata
site	garden	1924	Bedgebury National Pinetum	botanical garden, arboretum	Wikidata
site	museum		Bateman's	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Belmont House and Gardens	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway	heritage railway, narrow-gauge railway	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		Fort Amherst	fort, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Great Dixter	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Guildhall Museum, Rochester	local museum, independent museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		HMS Cavalier	destroyer, museum ship, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		HMS Ocelot	attack submarine, preserved watercraft, museum ship	Wikidata
site	museum		Ightham Mote	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Kent and East Sussex Railway	heritage railway, railway company, ELR railway line section	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		Lashenden Air Warfare Museum	aviation museum	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		Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Restoration House	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Rother Valley Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Scotney Castle	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Smallhythe Place	museum, 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	4000	Coldrum Long Barrow	museum, long barrow	Wikidata
site	museum	1341	Penshurst Place	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1858	Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery	art museum, local museum, natural history museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1867	Slough Fort	fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1885	Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1905	Sevenoaks Museum	museum, local authority 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	1972	The C.M Booth Collection	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1976	Tenterden and District Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Fleur de Lis Museum	heritage center, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1979	Six Poor Travellers House	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Minster Gatehouse Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1987	Royal Engineers Museum	charitable organization, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Rose Street Cottage of Curiosities	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Queenborough Guildhall Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Spa Valley Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum	1997	Colonel Stephens Railway Museum	railway museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1999	Sittingbourne Heritage Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	Woodchurch Village Life Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2009	Bluetown Heritage Centre	museum, movie theater	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Kent Firefighting Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2015	Huguenot Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Sutton valence castle and path up to it		Commons
commons	image		SV Castle1778		Commons
commons	image		Castle View		Commons
commons	image		Castle Remains		Commons
commons	image		Sutton Valence Castle		Commons
commons	image		Sutton Valence Castle		Commons
commons	image		Sutton Valence Castle		Commons
commons	image		Great Tower, Sutton Valence Castle		Commons
commons	image		Sutton Valence Castle, remains of keep		Commons
commons	image		Sutton Valence Castle on its mound		Commons