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Chiddingstone
Tudor village in Kent, England

Chiddingstone

Chiddingstone is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England.

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The parish is located on the River Eden between Tonbridge and Edenbridge. The villages of Chiddingstone Causeway and Bough Beech and the hamlet Chiddingstone Hoath are also included in the parish.

Get in

Getting to Chiddingstone

Sevenoaks is very near Junction 5 of the M25 where the M26 meets the M25. The M26 (or A25) leads to Maidstone, and the A21 heads south to Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Hastings.

  1. 01
    Sevenoaks

    Tubbs Hill, Sevenoaks, TN13 1DP (fairly near the centre of town, to the north).

  2. 02
    Otford

    Station Approach, Otford, TN14 5QY (a 5–10 minute walk from the village centre).

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Knole House

    Mar-Oct: daily 11AM-5PM (bookshop, cafe and carpark open at 10AM); Nov-Feb: showrooms closed, cafe and shop remain open; park us open year-round from dawn to dusk.

  2. 02
    Sevenoaks Museum and Art Gallery

    Buckhurst Lane,.

  3. 03
    Lullingstone Roman Villa

    Lullingstone Lane, Eynsford, DA4 0JA (8 miles north of Sevenoaks),.

  4. 04
    Quebec House

    Quebec Square, Westerham, TN16 1TD (6 miles west of Sevenoaks), quebechouse@nationaltrust.org.uk.

  5. 05
    Ightham Mote

    Mote Road, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, TN15 0NT (6 miles east of Sevenoaks), ighthammote@nationaltrust.org.uk.

  6. 06
    Emmetts Garden

    Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, TN14 6BA (5 miles west of Sevenoaks), emmetts@nationaltrust.org.uk.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Knole Park

    See the deer admission free to pedestrians.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    St John's Fish Bar

    93 St Johns Hill, TN13 3PE,.

  2. 02
    George and Dragon

    16th-century gastro-pub The Forge, Otford (main high street).

How locals move

Getting around Chiddingstone the local way

  • Get aroundScale 1:25,000 (4 cm:1 km, 2½ in:1 mi) would be fine, costing usually under £8.00 Cycling is very limited on Ashdown Forest land to the few public bridleways, although several groups are petitioning for more open access for off-road cycling however it is fully allowed on roads.
  • Go nextEastbourne Petersfield South Downs Way, a popular walking path.

From Wikivoyage: Ashdown Forest, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: John K Thorne from Universal , Universal (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.