The Kent wine trail
Three routes through Kent’s vineyards, from the Weald to Canterbury, with what to book ahead.
Read the trail guideKent Wine Tours / Guides
Plan your visit
Guides
Practical help for planning a vineyard day: what to give, how to get there, and which tour suits you.
Our guides
Wine tour gift ideas
Tastings from about £25, full days out from London and Brighton, and private days for groups. Plus how to give one as a present.
Read the gift guideKent vineyards by train
The nearest station for each vineyard, journey times from London, and whether you can walk or need a taxi.
Read the train guideHow much does a Kent wine tour cost?
Tastings, day tours from London and Brighton, and private tours compared, plus the extras worth budgeting for.
Read the price guideHen parties and group days
The ways to do a vineyard day with friends or colleagues, and how to make sure it goes smoothly.
Read the groups guideThe Wealden Wine Trail
Sixteen vineyards in East Sussex, from Tunbridge Wells to the coast, on our sister site English Wine Tours.
Read the trail guideTours by area
Kent
From London day trips to single tastings at the vineyard.
Kent wine toursSussex
Tours from London, Brighton and Horsham.
Sussex wine toursSurrey
Denbies and the Surrey Hills.
Surrey wine toursPrivate tours
Your own driver and guide for the day.
Private wine toursWhere to start
- A day out from LondonKent is the easiest wine county to reach by train. Kent vineyards by train gives the nearest station for each estate, and our Kent tours include day trips with transport from London.
- Working out the budgetWhat a Kent wine tour costs compares a tasting at the vineyard, a day tour and a private tour, with the extras worth allowing for.
- A weekend in KentThe Kent wine trail sets out three routes, and our maps of the Weald, the North Downs and Canterbury and west Kent show every vineyard with places to stay nearby.
- A present or a group daySee wine tour gift ideas for vouchers and tours to give, and hen parties and group days or private tours for a group of your own.
Our Kent vineyard guides
Full guides to the Kent estates people most often visit, with opening times, the tours and tastings you can book direct, how to get there, food, places to stay and the wines to buy. Every Kent vineyard open to visitors is on our map.
- Chapel DownTenterden, in the Weald. Vines first planted in 1977, traditional-method sparkling wine, the Kit’s Coty Collection and still Bacchus.
- GusbourneAppledore, by Romney Marsh. Planted 2004, vintage sparkling wine from its own grapes, tastings at The Nest.
- BalfourHush Heath, near Staplehurst. Planted 2002, home of Balfour Brut Rosé, with a free weekend shuttle from Marden station.
- WestwellCharing, one stop from Ashford. Ortega, pet nats and amphora wines from an experimental winery.
- WarehorneAbove Romney Marsh, a short walk from Ham Street station. A young vineyard planted in 2020, unusual for its reds.
- SilverhandLuddesdown, near Gravesend. Organic still wines and Silver Reign sparkling, just over a mile from Sole Street station.
For Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, including Nyetimber, Rathfinny, Denbies and Hambledon, see the guides on our sister site, English Wine Tours.
How we put these guides together
We are an independent guide. Every vineyard guide is checked against the estate’s own website, and the date we last checked it is shown on the page. Tour prices and availability are checked every week, and tours that stop running come off the site.
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