{"id":284,"date":"2018-05-10T10:57:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T10:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hilderstone.net\/?p=284"},"modified":"2018-05-10T10:57:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T10:57:55","slug":"leeds-castle-the-loveliest-castle-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/leeds-castle-the-loveliest-castle-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"LEEDS CASTLE:  &#8216;The loveliest castle in the world&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeds-castle.com\/\">Leeds Castle<\/a> is not in Leeds! (The city of Leeds is in Yorkshire, about 250 miles from Broadstairs!) It&#8217;s actually in Kent, and is perfect for a Saturday day excursion from Hilderstone College.<\/p>\n<p>The castle is often called &#8216;the loveliest castle in the world&#8217; because it is so romantic and has such beautiful grounds and gardens.<\/p>\n<p>In its past, it has been a Norman defence, the private property of six of England&#8217;s medieval queens, and used by Henry VIII, as well as a country home for the rich and famous. It is now one of the most visited historic buildings in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most popular attractions at Leeds Castle is its Maze, created from 2,400 yew trees.\u00a0 It&#8217;s great fun, even if you get lost for a while!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds Castle is not in Leeds! (The city of Leeds is in Yorkshire, about 250 miles from Broadstairs!) It&#8217;s actually in Kent, and is perfect for a Saturday day excursion from Hilderstone College. The castle is often called &#8216;the loveliest castle in the world&#8217; because it is so romantic and has such beautiful grounds and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}