Under the southern slopes of the Kent Downs, Ashford is located near the very centre of Kent. When the Channel Tunnel was finished in the 90s Ashford also got an international railway station, and is now on the high-speed line from London to the tunnel bring more visitors to the county. There’s world-class vineyards, an enchanting Jacobean mansion, and the Kent Downs are in reach for walks on chalk hills. And for those into clothes there’s the fashionable Ashford Designer Outlet.