Grain is a village in the county of Kent.

Retail in Grain

There are great places to visit near Grain including some great towns, historic buildings, beaches, parks, museums, castles, shopping centres, cities, ruins, country parks, lakes, coastal parks and airports.

There are a several good towns in the Grain area like Faversham, Broadstairs, St Peter's, Ramsgate, Chatham, Margate, and Dover.

Nuckell's Alsmshouses, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Palace Cinema, Clock Tower Broadstairs, The Look Out House, Bleak House, and Home for Smack Boys are some of Grain best historic buildings to visit near Grain.

Beaches to visit near Grain include Viking Bay, and Dumpton Gap.

Don't miss Victoria Gardens's parks if visiting the area around Grain.

There are a number of museums near to Grain including Ramsgate Maritime Museum.

There are a number of castles near Grain including Dover Castle, Rochester Castle, Leeds Castle, and Tonbridge Castle.

There are a number of shopping centres near Grain including Royal Victoria Place, and Bluewater Shopping Centre.

Canterbury is one of Grain's best, nearby cities to visit in Grain.

There are a several good ruins in the area around Grain like Tonbridge Castle.

Grain's best nearby country parks can be found at Haysden Country Park, and Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Places near Grain feature a number of interesting lakes including Barden Lake.

There are a several good coastal parks in the area around Grain like Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Lydd Airport is one of Grain's best, nearby airports to visit in Grain.

Grain History

There are some historic monuments around Grain:

• A Romano-British villa at Boxted
• Coastal artillery defences on the Isle of Grain, immediately east and south east of Grain village
• Queenborough Lines
• World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS3) at Wetham Green, 460m north of Red Brick Cottage
• A Romano-Celtic temple at Boxted
• Southchurch Hall moated site
• Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy
• Sheerness Defences: C19 gun emplacements and magazines and early-C20 gun towers, fire-control building and pillbox on the Centre Bastion
• 'Castle Rough' Medieval moated site
• Slough Fort and wing batteries
• Nunnery at Minster Abbey
• Sheerness defences
• Defended prehistoric settlement at Shoeburyness, known as the Danish Camp
• Prittlewell Priory
• Queenborough Castle
• World War II caisson, West Knock sandbank, Shoebury Ness
• World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS2), 300m east of Chetney Cottages