Shamrock Guest House
Shamrock guest house has 2 flats, 8 singles rooms, 2 triple rooms and 14 double rooms. It is situated within 10 minutes walk to the Gravesend train station. Visit the cathedral in Canterbury, Rochester, broad stairs and scenic port towns as well as the burial and memorial place of the famous princess Pocahontas. Other local attractions are Leeds castle, lympne Zoo park and the riverside. The Gravesend is the town with the most pubs in
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Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. The county town is Maidstone. Kent has land borders with East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London, and a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames estuary. Kent also has a nominal border with France halfway along the Channel Tunnel. Its name came from the Kingdom of Kent.
The two cities in Kent are Canterbury, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Rochester, the seat of the Bishop of Rochester. However, since 1998 when local government was reorganised, Rochester lost its official city status through an administrative oversight; attempts are now being made to regain it. For other towns, see the list below.Kent, because of its sobriquet "the Garden of England", might be regarded as a picturesque rural county, but farming is still an industry. Hops, a flower used in making beer, is a traditional crop, with picturesque Oast houses dotting the landscape. Over the centuries many other industries have been of importance; some still are. Woollen cloth-making, iron-making; paper; cement; engineering: all have been part of the industrial scene. Fishing and tourism occupy many people, especially the coastal resorts. The East Kent coalfield was mined in the 20th century: and there are two nuclear power stations at Dungeness, although the older one (built 1965) is due to close in 2006. Nevertheless, the district of Thanet has been regarded as one of the most disadvantaged areas in the south-east of England.
Ferry ports, the Channel Tunnel and two motorways provide links with the European continent. There are airports at Manston and smaller airfields at Headcorn, Lydd and Rochester.
