Penshurst
Penshurst is a locality in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. Penshurst is situated nearby to the hamlet Poundsbridge, as well as near Walter’s Green.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Penshurst Place and St John the Baptist, Penshurst.
Penshurst Place
Manor estate
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Penshurst Place 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.
St John the Baptist, Penshurst
Church
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St John the Baptist Church at Penshurst in Kent is a Grade I listed Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Rochester in England. 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Royal Tunbridge Wells and Speldhurst.
Royal Tunbridge Wells
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Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in west Kent on the border with East Sussex, in the South East of England.
Speldhurst
Village
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Speldhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish is to the west of Tunbridge Wells: the village is 3 miles west of the town.
Bidborough
Village
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Bidborough is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells and south of Tonbridge. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 958, increasing to 1,163 at the 2011 Census. Bidborough is situated 2½ miles east of Penshurst.
Penshurst
- Type: Locality
- Location: Sevenoaks, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1613° or 51° 9′ 41″ northLongitude
0.1828° or 0° 10′ 58″ eastElevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
9F32556M+G4GeoNames ID
7293769
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