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Broomfield and Kingswood

Broomfield and Kingswood is a civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England.

The place

Broomfield and Kingswood is a civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. The parish lies to the east of Maidstone, south of the A20 road to Folkestone. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,545, increasing to 1,604 at the 2011 Census. The parish covers the villages of Broomfield and Kingswood. On 4 August 1992 the parish was renamed from "Broomfield" to "Broomfield and Kingswood".

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Broomfield and Kingswood

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Leeds Castle

    Leeds Castle is a castle in Kent, England, 7 miles southeast of Maidstone. It is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the east of the village of Leeds and is a historic Grade I listed estate.

    1.4 km · castle in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Sutton Valence Castle

    Sutton Valence Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Sutton Valence in Kent, England. Overlooking a strategic route to the coast, the original castle probably comprised an inner and an outer bailey and a protective barbican, with a three-storey high keep on its southern side.

    3.4 km · castle in Sutton Valence, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    All Saints Church, Ulcombe

    All Saints is a parish church in Ulcombe, Kent. It was begun in the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building.

    2.3 km · church in Ulcombe · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    All Saints Church, Hollingbourne

    All Saints Church is a parish church in Hollingbourne, Kent. It was begun in the 14th century and is a Grade I listed building.

    3.3 km · church in Hollingbourne, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Peter's and St Paul's Church, East Sutton

    St Peter's and St Paul's Church is a parish church in Church Lane, East Sutton, Kent dedicated to saints Peter and Paul. It was begun in the mid-13th century or earlier and additions were made in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.

    2.4 km · Grade I listed church in East Sutton, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St John the Baptist's Church, Harrietsham

    St John the Baptist's Church is a parish church in Marley Road, Harrietsham, Kent dedicated to John the Baptist. It was begun in the late 11th century or in the 12th century and works continued to the 15th century.

    4 km · Grade I listed church in Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Hollingbourne Manor

    Hollingbourne Manor is an Elizabethan manor house in Hollingbourne, Kent, England.

    3.5 km · Grade I listed English country house in Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St Nicholas's Church, Leeds

    St Nicholas is a Church of England parish church in Leeds, Kent first built in the 11th century with additions in the next five centuries. It is a Grade I listed building.

    1.9 km · church in Leeds, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Broomfield and Kingswood

Airports
London Gatwick (LGW), 58 km · London Stansted (STN), 77 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 80 km
Stations
Harrietsham railway station, 3.1 km · Hollingbourne railway station, 3.2 km
  • London → Broomfield and Kingswood
    60 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £7–9
  • London, Essex → Broomfield and Kingswood
    60 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £7–9
  • Luton, Luton → Broomfield and Kingswood
    102 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £12–16
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Broomfield and Kingswood

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Broomfield and Kingswood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundIt is signed throughout although its quality is variable, with a mix of cycle tracks, quiet roads and a few off-road sections.

From Wikivoyage: Kent, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    148 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    369 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    373 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    615 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    651 km

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Around it

Next door to Broomfield and Kingswood

  • Harrietshamvillage in Kent, England, UK3.2 km
  • Hollingbournevillage and civil parish in Kent, UK3.6 km
  • Leedsvillage and civil parish in Kent, England2 km
  • Ulcombevillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK2.3 km
  • East Suttonvillage and civil parish in Kent, UK2.4 km
  • Langleyvillage and civil parish in Kent, UK3.2 km