West Kingsdown

West Kingsdown is a village and civil parish in the district of , England, on the A20 5 miles southeast of , 5.5 miles northeast of and 22.5 miles from London. In 2011 it had a population of 6062.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 5,480 residents
  • Description: village in Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “West Kingsdown, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brands Hatch and West Kingsdown Library.

Sports venue
Photo: Whiters, Public domain.
is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, , . Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events.

Library
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Windmill
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is a Grade II listed smock mill in West Kingsdown, , England, that was built in the early nineteenth century at and moved to West Kingsdown in 1880. It is the survivor of a pair of windmills.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knatts Valley and East Hill.

Locality
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of West Kingsdown, in the district, in the county of , England. It was originally a rural community consisting mainly of several smallholdings: the principal farms being Knatts Farm, giving its name to the area; and Farm.

Village
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of West Kingsdown, in the , in the county of in England.

Village
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fawkham is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of , England. Fawkham is defined as a hamlet by Sevenoaks District Council, with a population of 429.

West Kingsdown

Latitude
51.34872° or 51° 20′ 55″ north
Longitude
0.25626° or 0° 15′ 23″ east
Population
5,480
Elevation
535 feet (163 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WKS
Open location code
9F3287X4+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 772124555
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
10246613
Wiki­data ID
Q2353204
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“West Kingsdown” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “West Kingsdown”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েস্ট কিন্সডাউন”
  • Cebuano: “West Kingsdown”
  • Chinese: “西京斯敦”
  • Chinese: “西金斯当”
  • Chinese: “西金斯敦”
  • Chinese: “西金斯當”
  • Chinese: “西金斯道恩”
  • Dutch: “West Kingsdown”
  • French: “West Kingsdown”
  • German: “West Kingsdown”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ કિંગ્સડાઉન”
  • Irish: “West Kingsdown”
  • Italian: “West Kingsdown”
  • Japanese: “西キングスダウン”
  • Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ಕಿಂಗ್ಡೌನ್”
  • Korean: “웨스트 킹스다운”
  • Ladin: “West Kingsdown”
  • Lithuanian: “Vest Kingsdaunas”
  • Persian: “وست کینگزداون”
  • Persian: “وست گینگزداون”
  • Polish: “West Kingsdown”
  • Portuguese: “West Kingsdown”
  • Russian: “Вест-Кингсдаун”
  • Spanish: “West Kingsdown”
  • Swedish: “West Kingsdown”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு கிங்ஸ்டௌன்”
  • Telugu: “వెస్ట్ కింగ్స్ డౌన్”
  • Turkish: “West Kingsdown”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ کینجسدوون”
  • Welsh: “West Kingsdown”
  • “West Kingsdown”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include West Kingsdown Parish Council Recreation Ground and Hever Road Post Office.

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