Cowden
Cowden is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the northern slopes of the Weald, south-west of Tonbridge, and lies close to the borders of both East Sussex and Surrey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 859 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Cowden, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary Magdalene and Cowden railway station.
St Mary Magdalene
Church
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The Church of St Mary Magdalene is a parish church in the village of Cowden, in the district of Sevenoaks, Kent, England. It is part of the Church of England and falls within the Diocese of Chichester, the only parish church in Kent to do so.
Cowden railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowden railway station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted line in southern England and serves Cowden in Kent. It is 29 miles 26 chains from London Bridge. The station is managed by Southern.
Church of the Holy Trinity, Markbeech
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Holy Trinity, Markbeech is situated 1½ miles northeast of Cowden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Markbeech and Hammerwood.
Markbeech
Village
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Markbeech is a village in the civil parish of Hever in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The village is located on the northern ridges of the High Weald, nine miles north-west of Tunbridge Wells. Markbeech is situated 1½ miles northeast of Cowden.
Hammerwood
Hamlet
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Hammerwood is a hamlet in the civil parish of Forest Row in East Sussex, England. Its nearest town is East Grinstead, which lies approximately 3.5 miles west from the village. Hammerwood is situated 2 miles west of Cowden.
Blackham
Hamlet
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackham is a village in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. It lies within the Withyham civil parish. Its nearest town is Royal Tunbridge Wells, which lies approximately 5.3 miles east from the village. Blackham is situated 2 miles east of Cowden.
Cowden
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Cowden, Sevenoaks, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.14446° or 51° 8′ 40″ northLongitude
0.09351° or 0° 5′ 37″ eastPopulation
859Elevation
262 feet (80 metres)Open location code
9F3243VV+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 51321268OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2652208Wikidata ID
Q2137215
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cowden”. Photo: John Cleeve, CC BY-SA 2.0.