South Lees is a Area in the county of Kent.

Retail in South Lees

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

Towns to visit near South Lees include Faversham, Broadstairs, St Peter's, Ramsgate, Chatham, Margate, and Dover.

The area around South Lees features a number of interesting historic buildings including Nuckell's Alsmshouses, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Palace Cinema, Clock Tower Broadstairs, The Look Out House, Bleak House, and Home for Smack Boys.

The area around South Lees boasts some of the best beaches including Viking Bay, and Dumpton Gap.

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

The area close to South Lees boasts some of the best museums including Ramsgate Maritime Museum.

There are a several good castles in the South Lees area like Dover Castle, Rochester Castle, Leeds Castle, and Tonbridge Castle.

South Lees's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Royal Victoria Place, and Bluewater Shopping Centre.

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

Don't miss Tonbridge Castle's ruins if visiting the area around South Lees.

Haysden Country Park, and Barton's Point Coastal Park are great places to visit near South Lees if you like country parks.

There are a several good lakes in the area around South Lees like Barden Lake.

Coastal Parks to visit near South Lees include Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Lydd Airport is a great place to visit close to South Lees if you like airports.

South Lees History

There are some historic monuments around South Lees:

• The site of St Saviour's Abbey, including the remains of an Iron Age farmstead and Faversham Roman villa
• World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS2), 300m east of Chetney Cottages
• Murston Old Church, Sittingbourne
• 'Castle Rough' Medieval moated site
• The Maison Dieu, a 16th century house incorporating part of a medieval hospital
• Queenborough Castle
• Queenborough Lines
• A Romano-British mausoleum, an associated Romano-British building and a parish church at Stone-by-Faversham
• Chart gunpowder mills
• Medieval moated site at Sayes Court
• Shurland House: early 16th century Great House and associated remains
• Sheerness Defences: C19 gun emplacements and magazines and early-C20 gun towers, fire-control building and pillbox on the Centre Bastion
• Sheerness defences
• Oare gunpowder works
• Nunnery at Minster Abbey
• Coastal artillery defences on the Isle of Grain, immediately east and south east of Grain village