Penshurst

Penshurst is an historic village and civil parish located in a valley upon the northern slopes of the Kentish Weald, at the confluence of the and the River Eden, within the Sevenoaks district of , England.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 708 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Kent, England
  • Also known as: “Penshurst, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Penshurst Place and St John the Baptist, Penshurst.

Manor estate
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is a historic building near Penshurst, Kent, 32 miles southeast of London, England. It is the ancestral home of the Sidney family, and was the birthplace of the great Elizabethan poets and courtiers, siblings Mary Sidney and Philip Sidney.

Church
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St John the Baptist Church at Penshurst in is a Grade I listed parish church in the Diocese of Rochester in . Those buried or commemorated here include Knights, Earls, Viscounts, a Viceroy of India, a Governor-General of Australia, a Private Secretary to two Kings, two Field Marshals and two winners of the Victoria Cross.

Pub
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is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chiddingstone Causeway and Chiddingstone Hoath.

Village
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is a village 4 miles west of in , England. It is in the civil parish of and the local government district of Sevenoaks. is situated 2 miles north of Penshurst.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the Sevenoaks District of , England. Notable buildings include Hoath House, and Stonewall Park, for some time home of the Meade-Waldo family. is situated 2 miles west of Penshurst.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in , England. The parish is to the west of Tunbridge Wells: the village is 3 miles west of the town. is situated 2 miles southeast of Penshurst.

Penshurst

Latitude
51.17239° or 51° 10′ 21″ north
Longitude
0.18253° or 0° 10′ 57″ east
Population
708
Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)
Open location code
9F3255CM+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27583429
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640409
Wiki­data ID
Q1227477
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Penshurst” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Пенсхърст”
  • Cebuano: “Penshurst”
  • Dutch: “Penshurst”
  • French: “Penshurst”
  • Georgian: “პენზჰერსტი”
  • German: “Penshurst”
  • Hindi: “पेन्सहर्स्ट”
  • Irish: “Penshurst”
  • Italian: “Penshurst”
  • Japanese: “ペンスハースト”
  • Japanese: “ペンズハースト”
  • Ladin: “Penshurst”
  • Latin: “Penshurst”
  • Malagasy: “Penshurst”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Penshurst”
  • Norwegian: “Penshurst”
  • Persian: “پنزهرست”
  • Polish: “Penshurst”
  • Spanish: “Penshurst”
  • Swedish: “Penshurst, Kent”
  • Swedish: “Penshurst”
  • Turkish: “Penshurst”
  • Welsh: “Penshurst”
  • “Penshurst”

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Notable Places Nearby

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