Kings Hill
Kings Hill is a civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England.
Kings Hill is a civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It is one of several new villages built in Kent since the 1950s. Development started in 1989 near West Malling, on land previously occupied by RAF West Malling which was operational during both world wars. The plan was for a multi-purpose site of both residential and office/business space.
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Worth seeing in and around Kings Hill
10 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.
- 01Mereworth Castle
Mereworth Castle is a grade I listed Palladian country house in Mereworth, Kent, England.
2.2 km · Grade I listed English country house in Mereworth, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Leybourne Castle
Leybourne Castle is a 13th-century castle in the parish of Leybourne, Kent, west of Castle Way.
3.8 km · castle in Leybourne, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Leonards Tower
St Leonard's Tower is a probable Norman keep in West Malling, in the county of Kent, England. The tower was probably built by Gundulf, the Bishop of Rochester, between 1077 and 1108.
1.7 km · Grade I listed tower in West Malling, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Lawrence's Church, Mereworth
St Lawrence's Church is an Anglican parish church at Mereworth, Kent, United Kingdom. It is in the deanery of West Malling, the Diocese of Rochester and Province of Canterbury.
2.2 km · church in Mereworth, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Mary's Church, Nettlestead
St Mary the Virgin is a parish church in Nettlestead, Kent, begun in the 13th century.
3.4 km · church in Nettlestead, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Barham Court
Barham Court is an English country house in the village of Teston, Kent.
3.6 km · country house in Teston, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Peter and St Paul, Teston
St Peter's and St Paul's is a parish church in Teston, Kent. It is a Grade II* listed building and was rebuilt in 1736 for Sir Philip Boteler of Barham Court.
3.6 km · church in Teston, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Wateringbury SSSI
Wateringbury SSSI is a 0.2-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wateringbury west of Maidstone in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
2.3 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 09Oaken Wood
Oaken Wood is a 18.7-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Maidstone in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
2.7 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 10Manor Park Country Park
Manor Park Country Park is a country park in West Malling, Kent, England. The 52-acre park, formerly the private gardens of the nearby Douces Manor, was purchased from the manor's owners by Kent County Council in 1973 to be converted into a public open space.
1.5 km · park in West Malling, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kings Hill
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 43 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 64 km · London Stansted (STN), 69 km
- Stations
- East Malling railway station, 3.1 km · Wateringbury railway station, 3.1 km · West Malling railway station, 2.5 km · Teston Crossing Halt railway station, 3.9 km
- London → Kings Hill45 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Kings Hill45 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £5–7
- Luton, Luton → Kings Hill88 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kings Hill
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 Kings Hill. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Kings Hill – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Kings Hill
Kings Hill is 45 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- West Mallingtown and civil parish in Kent, England, UK2.3 km
- Tonbridge and Mallinglocal government district with borough status in Kent, England, UK3.7 km
- Mereworthvillage in Kent, England, UK900 m
- Wateringburyvillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK2.5 km
- Leybournevillage and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Nettlesteadvillage and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom3.3 km