Lamberhurst

Lamberhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish contains the hamlets of The Down and Hook Green. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,491, increasing to 1,706 at the 2011 Census.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bayham Old Abbey and Scotney Castle.

Bayham Old Abbey

Archaeological site

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Bayham Old Abbey is an English Heritage property, located near Lamberhurst, Kent, England. Founded c. 1208 through a combination of the failing Premonstratensian monasteries of Otham and Brockley, Bayham functioned as an abbey until its dissolution in the 16th century.

Scotney Castle

Ruins

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Scotney Castle is an English country house with formal gardens south-east of Lamberhurst in the valley of the River Bewl in Kent, England. It belongs to the National Trust.

Christ Church

Church

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Christ Church is a Church of England parish church in Kilndown, Kent, England. It was built in 1839 under the commission of William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, and was substantially reordered in the early 1840s in accordance with the principles of the Cambridge Camden Society. Christ Church is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lamberhurst.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wadhurst and Pembury.

Wadhurst

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Wadhurst is a market town in East Sussex, England. It is the centre of the civil parish of Wadhurst, which also includes the hamlets of Cousley Wood and Tidebrook. Wadhurst is twinned with Aubers in France.

Pembury

Village

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Pembury is a large village in Kent, in the south east of England, with a population of 6,128 at the 2011 census. It lies just to the north-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells. Pembury is situated 3½ miles northwest of Lamberhurst.

Matfield

Village

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Matfield is a small village, part of the civil parish of Brenchley and Matfield, in the Tunbridge Wells borough of Kent, England. Matfield was awarded the title of Kent Village of the Year in 2010. Matfield is situated 3 miles north of Lamberhurst.

Lamberhurst

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

51.1064° or 51° 6′ 23″ north

Longitude

0.374° or 0° 22′ 26″ east

Elevation

262 feet (80 metres)

Open location code

9F32494F+HH

GeoNames ID

7295921

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