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A country gem from a gentler era.

This ‘hidden gem’ is the earliest known surviving example of a small English parish church designed by ‘God’s Architect’ Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin.

The original parish church of Brampton lies within the site of a Roman fort about a mile west of the centre of the town.

Fearsome gargoyles and medieval carvings.

St Mary's dating from 1190, has a fine Norman chancel arch as well as good Victorian stained glass and a carved altar and font cover from the early 20th century.

St Thomas a Becket church is mentioned in the Domesday Book and dates from the 12th century which leads many to believe that the church was probably redecated to Thomas a Beckett at a later date.

Situated by the Avon, the church has a Norman tower but the rest is by TH Wyatt in 1851.

Although there was an important Saxon church here, the present building dates mainly from the 1130s.

St Leonard’s is a beautiful church in a beautiful place, standing high and proud above the town of Hythe, looking towards the coast of France, which can be easily seen on a clear day.

Like so many Romney Marsh churches this one seems far bigger than any population at any time could have justified, but in medieval times this was a rich and very busy landscape, filled with people who needed a place to worship.