Battles in Kent
5 battles fought in Kent (England), in date order. Every battle is on the map; click one for its official boundary (where there is one), date and history.
What battles were fought in Kent?
This site maps 5 battles in Kent, from the Battle of Aylesford (455) to the Raid on the Medway (1667).
How many battlefields in Kent are officially listed?
None of them are on the Historic England Register of Historic Battlefields.
The war with the most battles here is the Anglo-Saxon settlement of England (2).
All battles in Kent
- Battle of Aylesford 455Anglo-Saxon settlement of England
- Battle of Wippedesfleot 466Anglo-Saxon settlement of England
- Battle of Otford 776anglo-saxon
- Battle of Maidstone 1648Second English Civil War
- Raid on the Medway 1667Second Anglo-Dutch War
Counties: ceremonial counties in England (Yorkshire as the whole historic county), council areas in Scotland, principal areas in Wales and counties in Ireland, assigned from each battle’s map position using Natural Earth boundaries (public domain). Battles near a border may fall on the other side.