The stunning home county named UK's best with World Heritage Site and 300-year-old pub

The location region has immoderate stunning architecture and much vineyards than immoderate other. (Image: Getty)

A location region topping the database of the nation's champion is the lone 1 to boast a World Heritage Site and has a pub thought to beryllium much than 300-years-old.

The word "home county" refers to the English counties surrounding London, wherever astir workers successful the capital's workers commute from. 

They're known for their transport links and are broadly characterised arsenic mediate people and aspirational.

The Telegraph decided to fertile these areas taking into relationship however bully they are for a play away, arsenic good arsenic the prime of their pubs, walks and taste appeal.

To nutrient the list, the paper analysed information crossed 40 categories, including factors similar colonisation density, the fig of vineyards, Michelin stars, and Blue Flag beaches (recognised for their precocious biology and prime standards).

Kent's Canterbury Cathedral (Image: Getty)

It past gave each region a people for History and Culture, Peace and Quiet, Luxuries and Natural Wonders and recovered 1 wide winner.

Often referred to arsenic the "Garden of England" Kent bested the remainder with the paper hailing its "depth of historical attractions, manicured gardens and hep towns that marque it the champion of the southbound of England and, arguably, the full country". 

It noted that portion Kent didn't people good for Peace and Quiet fixed its high-speed railyway, motorways and precocious colonisation density (1,280 per sq mile), it performed favourably successful each different categories, including archetypal successful History and Culture.

The region stands isolated successful being location to the UNESCO-recognised Canterbury Cathedral, known for its Gothic grandeur and being 1 of the oldest Christian structures successful England.

According to the paper it besides boasts 27 English Heritage properties arsenic good arsenic 4 Roman sites. 

Whitsable coastline (Image: Getty)

Margate (Image: Getty)

Its besides famed expansive coastline stretches 350-miles and is dotted with chalky achromatic cliffs, shingle bays, sandy beaches,  beauteous coastal towns and stunning views, arsenic per Explore Kent.

The insubstantial besides singled retired the county's protected nutrient and portion offerings, giving a peculiar notation to Whitstable oysters, which were eaten backmost successful Roman times.

It besides noted different celebrated determination exports similar East Kent goldings, a beloved English hop assortment and Kentish ale.

Kent is location to 1,534 Camra pubs, and the outlet gave a peculiar notation to Rose Inn astatine Wickhambreaux, successful a Grade II-listed gathering built successful the 14th century. 

According to Camra, the pub itself dates backmost 300 years.

It besides has a fig of stunning seaside towns similar Margate, which is location to the Turner Contemporary creation gallery, a affluent creation scene, and Folkestone, which came apical of Time Out's database of 'Britain's astir indispensable places to research successful 2025.' 

You tin find retired much astir the affluent question opportunities Kent has to connection here.