Headcorn railway station
Headcorn railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the village of Headcorn, Kent. It is 45 miles 20 chains down the line from London Charing Cross.Photo: Anthony Eden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Headcorn, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “HCN”, “Headcorn Railway Station”, and “Headcorn Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Baptist Chapel and St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church, Headcorn.
The Baptist Chapel
Church
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Baptist Chapel is a church, which is situated 910 feet northwest of Headcorn railway station.
St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church, Headcorn
Church
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's and St Paul's Church is a parish church in Headcorn, Kent dedicated to saints Peter and Paul. It was begun in the 13th century. The church is a Grade I listed building. St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church, Headcorn is situated 2,100 feet west of Headcorn railway station.
Lashenden
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Headcorn Aerodrome is a private airfield in Kent, England. The airfield is located 8 NM south of Maidstone; about 32 miles southeast of London. Opened in 1943 during the Second World War, it was named RAF Lashenden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biddenden and Grafty Green.
Biddenden
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biddenden is a large, mostly agricultural and wooded village and civil parish in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. The village lies on the Weald of Kent, 5 miles north of Tenterden. Biddenden is situated 3½ miles south of Headcorn railway station.
Grafty Green
Village
Grafty Green is a village in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, falling within the civil parish of Boughton Malherbe. It contains two public houses. Grafty Green is situated 3½ miles northeast of Headcorn railway station.
Kingswood
Village
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingswood is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent, England and forms part of the civil parish of Broomfield and Kingswood. 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. Kingswood is situated 4½ miles north of Headcorn railway station.
Headcorn railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Headcorn, Maidstone, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.16563° or 51° 9′ 56″ northLongitude
0.62737° or 0° 37′ 39″ eastElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Operator
SoutheasternNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“HCN”Open location code
9F325J8G+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 6688385724OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Headcorn railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Headcorn”
- Dutch: “Station Headcorn”
- French: “gare de Headcorn”
- French: “Headcorn”
- German: “Bahnhof Headcorn”
- Japanese: “ヘッドコーン駅”
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