Frittenden

Frittenden is a village and civil parish in the Tunbridge Wells District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the flood plain of one of the tributaries of the River Medway, 15 miles to the east of Tunbridge Wells: the village is three miles south of Headcorn.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sissinghurst Castle Garden and Headcorn railway station.

Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Garden

Photo: Schnobby, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sissinghurst Castle Garden, at Sissinghurst in the Weald of Kent in England, was created by Vita Sackville-West, a poet and writer, and her husband Harold Nicolson, an author and diplomat.

Headcorn railway station

Railway station

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Headcorn railway station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Frittenden.

Lashenden

Aerodrome

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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. Lashenden is situated 2½ miles northeast of Frittenden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cranbrook and Biddenden.

Cranbrook

Photo: ClemRutter, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cranbrook is a town in the civil parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, in the Weald of Kent in South East England. It lies roughly half-way between Maidstone and Hastings, about 38 miles southeast of central London.

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 2½ miles southeast of Frittenden.

Sissinghurst

Village

Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.

Sissinghurst is a small village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. Originally called Milkhouse Street, Sissinghurst changed its name in the 1850s, possibly to avoid association with the smuggling and cockfighting activities of the Hawkhurst Gang. Sissinghurst is situated 2½ miles southwest of Frittenden.

Frittenden

Type: Locality
Location: Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.1398° or 51° 8′ 23″ north

Longitude

0.5928° or 0° 35′ 34″ east

Elevation

144 feet (44 metres)

Open location code

9F324HQV+W4

GeoNames ID

7295814

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