Kent Photo Archive

Dedicated to preserving Kent's history in pictures

Kent Photo Archive

This extensive photo-archive currently contains 25299 historic images, with many dating back to the late 1800s.

Search all images on site


Select    TOWN/VILLAGE:

– and/or –

Enter    FEATURE *:

* FEATURE can be such items as Church, Station, Mill, Lighthouse or even a street name. Do not use abbreviations – (eg: Use Street not St).

To view images from specific contributing Museums and Collectors, click the relevant section below.

Each section has its own Search by Select facility and many contain additional specialist groups of images relevant to their collections.

This website also contains the following five specialist image collections. Click section to view.

Shared links to ‘Historic England’ Archive aerial photographs of Kent.