Orlestone

Orlestone is a mid-sized civil parish in Ashford District, Kent, England, with a population of 1,593. The centre of the parish is Hamstreet village which falls almost entirely within it but has a small fraction in the parish of Warehorne.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ham Street railway station and Ham Street Woods.

Ham Street railway station

Railway station

Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ham Street railway station is a Grade II listed stop on the Marshlink line in the village of Hamstreet, Kent, between Ashford International and Hastings. Services are provided by Southern.

Ham Street Woods

Nature reserve

Photo: Adam Colton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ham Street Woods is a 175.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Ashford in Kent. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and an area of 97.1 hectares is a National Nature Reserve.

Church of St Matthew

Church

Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hamstreet and Bromley Green.

Hamstreet

Village

Photo: O1ive, CC BY 2.5.

Hamstreet is a village in Kent, in South East England. The village is located 6 miles south of Ashford on the A2070, the main road between Ashford and Hastings.

Bromley Green

Hamlet

Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bromley Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ruckinge, 3 miles south of Ashford in Kent, England.

Snargate

Village

Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Snargate is a village in Kent, England, four miles West of New Romney and on the route of the old watercourse Rhee Wall. The name is derived from sluice gates that were used to control water levels on the Rhee. Snargate is situated 3½ miles south of Orlestone.

Orlestone

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

51.0701° or 51° 4′ 12″ north

Longitude

0.8482° or 0° 50′ 53″ east

Elevation

56 feet (17 metres)

Open location code

9F323RCX+27

GeoNames ID

7295851

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