Ulcombe

Ulcombe is a village and civil parish near the town of in , . The name is recorded in the Domesday Book and is thought to derive from 'Owl-coomb': 'coomb' meaning 'a deep little wooded valley; a hollow in a hill side' in Old English.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 575 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Ulcombe, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include All Saints Church and East Sutton Park Prison and Young Offender Institution.

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

Prison
HM Prison East Sutton Park is a women's open prison and young offender's institute located in the Parish of , near in , . The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison & Probation Service.

Pub
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is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingswood and Grafty Green.

Village
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the Maidstone District of , England and forms part of the civil parish of . The main village was constructed in the early 1960s, after earlier sporadic development in both Pitt and Gravelly Bottom Roads on land given to soldiers returning from WW1.

Village
is a village in the Maidstone district of , England, falling within the civil parish of . It contains two public houses.

Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Platts Heath is a hamlet in the civil parish of , , England. It is also the source of the River Len, which flows in a westerly direction to join the River Medway at Maidstone. is situated 2 miles northeast of Ulcombe.

Ulcombe

Latitude
51.21101° or 51° 12′ 40″ north
Longitude
0.64443° or 0° 38′ 40″ east
Population
575
Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)
Open location code
9F326J6V+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 59766247
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2635204
Wiki­data ID
Q7878813
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Ulcombe” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ulcombe”
  • Cebuano: “Ulcombe”
  • Dutch: “Ulcombe”
  • French: “Ulcombe”
  • Irish: “Ulcombe”
  • Italian: “Ulcombe”
  • Ladin: “Ulcombe”
  • Polish: “Ulcombe”
  • Spanish: “Ulcombe”
  • Swedish: “Ulcombe”
  • Turkish: “Ulcombe”
  • Welsh: “Ulcombe”
  • “Ulcombe”

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