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Penshurst Place

House museum · Penshurst, England

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Penshurst Place
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History

Penshurst Place is a historic building near Penshurst, Kent, 32 miles (51 km) southeast of London, England. It is the ancestral home of the Sidney family, and was the birthplace of the great Elizabethan poets and courtiers, siblings Mary Sidney and Philip Sidney.

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Visiting

This is a house museum. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.

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