Heritage publications

Kent County Council's Heritage Conservation Group has produced a number of publications to help promote Kent's Heritage.

Ordering information

To order any of the booklets, please call 08458 247 600 or email heritageconservation@kent.gov.uk, using the name of the publication you are interested in as the subject of your email.

Accessible Heritage Trails

The Accessible Heritage Trails leaflets explore the monuments and fortified sites of historic towns in Kent, West Flanders and the Côte d'Opale, the French coastal stretch between Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer.

The trails are easily accessible for everyone, particularly for people with limited mobility, the elderly and families with pushchairs. Each leaflet contains a clear map, a route description and some historic information about the major points of interest.

The Kent leaflets include trails of Canterbury, Dover, Rochester, Sandwich, Tonbridge, Hythe and a special Battle of Britain trail, taking you to various sites and monuments associated with the Battle of Britain in southern Kent.

In 2007, a new trail for Thurnham Castle was launched that takes the visitor around White Horse Wood, including its Iron Age enclosure and Thurnham Castle itself.

Price: Free

Historic Fortifications Network leaflets

3 leaflets describing the changing nature of military defensive technology: Ramparts & Walls; The Rise of Artillery; High Technology and Defence (2001).

Produced by the Historic Fortifications Network.

Price: Free

Walking the Walls Supplement (2004)

A supplement ot the original guidebook ' Walking the Walls. Historic town defences in Kent, Cote d'Opale and West Flanders.'

This follow up edition includes the new trails of Tonbridge, The Battle of Britain, Ypres and Ostend.

39 pages, colour photographs, plans and maps.

Produced by the Historic Fortifications Network.

Price: Free

Walking the Walls - Thurnham

Another trail in our popular Walking the Walls series. This trail takes visitors around White Horse Wood Country Park and introduces them to the Iron Age enclosure, Thurnham Castle, Thurnham village and the parish church.

Produced by the Historic Fortifications Network.

Price: Free

Walking the Walls - Dutch language version only

A guidebook describing a number of walks around defended towns in Kent, Nord-Pas-de-Calais (France) and West Flanders (Belgium).

148 pages, many maps and illustrations.

Price: Free

Front Line Kent

Front Line Kent by Victor Smith (2001)

The story of the development of Kent's military defences, from the 14th century to the Cold War.

112 pages, many colour photographs and illustrations.

Price: £7.95

Evaluation of Archaeological Decision-making Processes and Sampling Strategies

Evaluation of Archaeological Decision-making Processes and Sampling Strategies by Gill Hey and Mark Lacey (2001)

A review of sampling strategies practised on archaeological evaluations in Kent and Essex and theoretical alternative approaches, and an assessment of their contribution to curatorial decision-making.

104 pages, many b&w and colour illustrations and photographs.

Produced as part of the Planarch project.

Price: £5.00

Archaeology of Kent to 800 AD

The eighth edition of the Kent History Project and the latest thinking on the archaeology and early history of Kent. The book includes contributions from eminent archaeologists and combines established wisdom with fresh research and fieldwork.

Produced by Kent County Council.

Price: £25.00