Eastry Scouts (Panthers) trying to complete our geocaching badge and it is Located near our Scout Leaders house in Eastry. We Hope you enjoy the cache.
Eastry is a civil parish and remote, yet historically significant village in Kent, England, around 2½ miles south-west of Sandwich. It was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005".
Eastry lies on the Roman road north from Dover to Richborough Castle.
It was here that a royal palace of the Saxon kings of Kent stood. One of Kent's oldest legends concerns King Ecgberht of Kent and the murder of his cousins within the palace walls. According to the legend, the royal residence was passed to the priory of Christchurch in Canterbury as penance for the crime. The site of this ancient palace is believed to now be occupied by Eastry Court, close besides the church.
Another traditional story is that Thomas Becket hid in Eastry's caves whilst escaping from England in 1164. Those same caves are associated with other stories that may or may not be true. Locally however it is said these tunnels were made in the first world war.