Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. The county town is Maidstone. Kent has land borders with East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London, and a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames estuary. Kent also has a nominal border with France halfway along the Channel Tunnel. Its name came from the Kingdom of Kent.

The two cities in Kent are Canterbury, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Rochester, the seat of the Bishop of Rochester. However, since 1998 when local government was reorganised, Rochester lost its official city status through an administrative oversight; attempts are now being made to regain it. For other towns, see the list below.

Kent, because of its sobriquet "the Garden of England", might be regarded as a picturesque rural county, but farming is still an industry. Hops, a flower used in making beer, is a traditional crop, with picturesque Oast houses dotting the landscape. Over the centuries many other industries have been of importance; some still are. Woollen cloth-making, iron-making; paper; cement; engineering: all have been part of the industrial scene. Fishing and tourism occupy many people, especially the coastal resorts. The East Kent coalfield was mined in the 20th century: and there are two nuclear power stations at Dungeness, although the older one (built 1965) is due to close in 2006. Nevertheless, the district of Thanet has been regarded as one of the most disadvantaged areas in the south-east of England.

Ferry ports, the Channel Tunnel and two motorways provide links with the European continent. There are airports at Manston and smaller airfields at Headcorn, Lydd and Rochester.

Famous residents of Kent have included Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin. Sir Winston Churchill's home Chartwell is also in Kent.

Although the Victoria County History for Kent is limited, an extensive survey of the county was undertaken over a 50-year period by Edward Hasted between 1755-1805. William Lambarde was an even earlier writer, in the 16th century.

According to a marketing campaign conducted by the charity Plantlife in 2002, the county flower of Kent is the Hop.

Addington, Allhallows, Allhallows-on-Sea, Appledore, Ash, Ash-cuChart Sutton, Ashford, Aylesford, Aylesham, Barham, Barnham Downs, Bearsted, Beckenham, Belvedere, Benenden, Bethersden, Bexley, Bexleyheath, Biddenden, Biggin Hill, Birchington, Borough Green, Bossingham, Bough Beech, Boughton Aluph, Boughton Lees, Boughton Monchelsea, Boyden Gate, Brabourne, Brabourne Lees, Bredhurst, Brenchley, Broadstairs, Bromley, Brookland, Burham, Canterbury, Capel le Ferne, Challock, Charing, Chartham, Chartham Hatch, Chatham, Chelsfield, Chiddingstone, Chilham, Chillenden, Chipstead, Chislehurst, Cliffe, Cliftonville, Cranbrook, Cudham, Dargate, Dartford, Deal, Dover, Downe, Dungeness, Dymchurch, East Peckham, Eastchurch, Eastling, Eastry, Edenbridge, Erith, Eynsford, Eythorne, Fakenham, Faversham, Fawkham, Folkestone, Folkstone, Fordcombe, Fordwich, Frant, Frittenden, Gillingham, Goudhurst, Gravesend, Greenhithe, Groombridge, Hadlow, Halstead, Harrietsham, Hartley, Hastingleigh, Hawkenbury, Hawkhurst, Headcorn, Herne Bay, Hernhill, Hever, Hildenborough, Hollingbourne, Hoo, Hythe, Ickham, Iden Green, Ightham, Isle of Sheppey, Ivy Hatch, Kennington, Keston, Kingsdown, Lamberhurst, Langley, Langton Green, Lenham, Leysdown-on-Sea, Lingfield, Linton, Littlebourne, Littlestone, Luddesdowne, Lydd, Lynsted, Maidstone, Manston, Margate, Markbeech, Martin Mill, Matfield, Meopham, Minster, Minster on Sea, New Ash Green, New Romney, Newnham, Northfleet, Oare, Orpington, Otford, Paddlesworth, Pembury, Penge, Penshurst, Platt, Pluckley, Queenborough, Rainham, Ramsgate, Rochester, Rolvenden, Romney Marsh, Rusthall, Sandhurst, Sandwich, Sarre, Seal, Sedlescombe, Selling, Sevenoaks, Sheerness, Shipbourne, Shoreham, Sidcup, Sissinghurst, Sittingbourne, Smarden, Smarts Hill, Snargate, Snodland, Southborough, Southfleet, St Mary Cray, St Marys Bay, St Nicholas at Wade, Stalisfield Green, Stanford, Stansted, Staple, Staplehurst, Stone, Stowting, Strood, Strood Market, Sutton Valence, Swanley, Swanscombe, Sydenham, Tenterden, Teynham, Thurnham, Tonbridge, Tudeley, Tunbridge Wells, Ulcombe, Walmer, Welling, West Kingsdown, West Malling, Westerham, Westgate-on-sea, Whitstable, Willesborough, Wingham, Woodchurch, Wootton, Worth, Wrotham, Wrotham Heath, Wye

• Bayham Abbey Lamberhurst
• Bedgebury Pinetum
• Bewl Water
• Bough Beech Reservoir, Ide Hill
• Bluewater Shopping Centre
• Canterbury Cathedral
• Chartwell, Winston Churchill's home
• Chatham_Dockyard
• Chiddingstone Castle
• Cinque Ports
• Deal Castle
• Dover Castle
• Down House
• Dungeness Power Station
• East Kent Railway, a heritage railway
• Emmett's Garden, Ide Hill
• Hever Castle
• Hoo Peninsula
• Ightham Mote 14th century house
• Isle of Grain
• Isle of Sheppey
• Isle of Thanet
• Kent & East Sussex Railway, a heritage railway
• Kent Battle of Britain Museum
• Kent International Airport (formerly known as London Manston Airport) with two aviation museums
• Knole, Sevenoaks
• Leeds Castle
• North Downs Way, a long distance footpath
• Penshurst Place
• Reculver Roman Fort & Reculver Tower
• Richborough Castle & Roman Fort, near Sandwich
• Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, a heritage railway
• Romney Marsh
• Royal Engineers Museum of Military Engineering, Gillingham
• St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
• Scotney Castle
• Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Sissinghurst
• Smallhythe Place, Tenterden
• Squerryes Court & Garden, Westerham
• Turner Gallery to open in Margate
• Upnor Castle
• Walmer Castle & Gardens
• The Wantsum Channel