Broomfield and Kingswood
Broomfield and Kingswood is a civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England.
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".
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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.
- 01Leeds 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 - 02Sutton 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 - 03All 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 - 04All 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 - 05St 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 - 06St 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 - 07Hollingbourne 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 - 08St 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 Kingswood60 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £7–9
- London, Essex → Broomfield and Kingswood60 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £7–9
- Luton, Luton → Broomfield and Kingswood102 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £12–16
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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.
- Get aroundIt is signed throughout although its quality is variable, with a mix of cycle tracks, quiet roads and a few off-road sections.
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