insideKENT Magazine Issue 49 - April 2016 | Page 84

VISITKENT

HEVER CASTLE & GARDENS
This spring, celebrate Easter, May Day and the spectacular spring gardens
at the romantic childhood home of Anne Boleyn.

In the Year of the English Garden, discover
magnificent award-winning gardens set in 125
acres of glorious grounds at Hever Castle. Dating
back to the 13th century, the romantic doublemoated Castle was once the childhood home of
Anne Boleyn and the setting for her courtship
with King Henry VIII. It is said that Henry first saw
Anne in her father’s garden at Hever.
Today, much of what you see is the result of the
remarkable efforts of William Waldorf Astor, once
the richest man in America, who