Hever Castle

Hever Castle
Hever Castle
Hever, Edenbridge, Kent
	Hever Castle in 2014
	Hever Castle
Coordinates	51°11′14″N 0°6′51″E / 51.18722°N 0.11417°E
Grid reference	grid reference TQ478452
Type	Castle
Site information
Owner	Broadland Properties Limited
Open to; the public	Yes
Condition	Intact

Hever Castle (/ˈhiːvər/ HEE-vər) is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, 30 miles (48 km) south-east of London, England. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539, it was the seat of the Boleyn (originally 'Bullen') family.^[1]

Anne Boleyn, the second queen consort of King Henry VIII of England, spent her early youth there after her father, Thomas Boleyn, inherited it in 1505. The castle passed to him upon the death of his father, Sir William Boleyn. It later came into the possession of King Henry VIII's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

The Grade I listed castle is now owned by the Guthrie family's Broadland Properties.

^ Jenkins, Simon (2003). Discover Britain's historic houses. The Southeast. Pub. Reader's Digest. ISBN 0-276-44068-4. P. 43.

[1] Jenkins, Simon (2003). Discover Britain's historic houses. The Southeast. Pub. Reader's Digest. ISBN 0-276-44068-4. P. 43.

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