Kent is a traditional county in the south-east of England, bordering on East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and across the Thames estuary to the county of Essex. Kent is connected to France through the Eurotunnel. The county town is Maidstone.
When the weather is clear, it is possible to see from the chalk cliffs of Dover to France. Because of its variety of orchards and hop fields, Kent is also called the "Garden of England".
The county's ports provided warships for over 800 years. The Cinque Ports were in the 12th-14th Century as well as the port of Chatham in the 16th – 20th centuries. Century of particular importance for the security of the country.