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A small market town with a fascinating history is always being named among the country's best places to live.
Tenterden, a small market town in Kent, has a population of just over 8,000 and sits 30 minutes from the seaside.
Often included on best places to live lists, the town is known as the Jewel of the Weald, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that was once covered with forest.
It is the home to much of the UK’s wine industry with a number of vineyards in the area including Chapel Down, Biddenden, Sandhurst, Gusbourne and Harbourne.
It has been named among Muddy Stilettos’ best places to live in the UK list and also among the most stylish in Kent by Furniturebox.
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The high street is made up of historic buildings (Image: Getty)
The wide and historic high street is lined with broadleaf trees alongside Victorian and Georgian homes and businesses set back from the road and made with Kent tile and weatherboard.
The area is also jam-packed with independent shops dotted along the road including jewellers, gift shops, a florist and more with views of the 12th-century tower at the 15th-century parish church of St Mildred.
Among the area's attractions are Hole Park, St Nicholas Church, Bodiam Castle and Kent and East Sussex Railway. There are also walking and cycle trails through High Weald countryside and stillwater trout fishing at Tenterden Trout Waters.
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Queen Camilla has visited one of the area's vineyards (Image: Getty)
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With VisitEngland recommended restaurant Flackley Ash and hotel Coldharbour Cottage, there are lots of places to eat and stay. Also recommended are the number of pubs and restaurants on the high street.
According to Rightmove the average house price for the town over the last year is about ￡490,000 while Zoopla reported that it was ￡510,000.
The town’s name comes from the old English ‘Tenet Waraden’, meaning a clearing in the forest belonging to the men of Thanet.
Established in the 12th century, Tenterden was a port where the sea crept up the River Rother valley. Its prosperity came from ship building and the wool trade.
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