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Sissinghurst
Village in Kent, England

Sissinghurst

Sissinghurst is a small village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England.

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Originally called Milkhouse Street, Sissinghurst changed its name in the 1850s, possibly to avoid association with the smuggling and cockfighting activities of the Hawkhurst Gang. It is in the civil parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst.

How locals move

Getting around Sissinghurst the local way

  • Get inThey continue to Ashford, then either to Canterbury West, Minster and Ramsgate, or to Folkestone and Dover (for Channel ferries).

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