The Syndale Valley shelters the central part in the Kent Downs Area of outstanding natural beauty.

Within the parish at Sharsted Court, earthworks excavated were believed remains of an Iron Age Belgic Fort (100 BC – 43 AD).

[1] Of particular note is Doddington Church with the unusual dedication of "The (decollation) Beheading of St. John the Baptist".

It is still owned by the Oldfield family and the Doddington Place Gardens are open to the public and have achieved listed status;[4] in its grounds are the Place, a much-altered house, Park House[5] and Park Cottage, also listed with fascinating history, as Grade II.

[6] Within the parish just 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the north east is Sharsted Court, a Medieval Wealden hall house distinctive of this area, the Weald, however a building on the site dates from at least 1080; today a large romantic rambling manor house due to the many additions and alterations over the centuries.