Lower Higham

Lower Higham is a village in Higham, Borough of Gravesham, England. Lower Higham is situated nearby to the locality Chequers Street, as well as near the hamlet Gore Green.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Higham railway station and Higham Library.

Higham railway station

Railway station

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Higham railway station is in the hamlet of Lower Higham in north Kent. The village of Higham is about 1 mile to the south. It is 28 miles 42 chains down the line from London Charing Cross.

Gads Hill Place

Manor estate

Photo: Jack1956, Public domain.

Gad's Hill Place in Higham, Kent, sometimes spelt Gadshill Place and Gads Hill Place, was the country home of Charles Dickens. Today the building is the independent Gad's Hill School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wainscott and Strood.

Wainscott

Village

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wainscott is a small village in Rochester, in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of Frindsbury Extra, in the Medway Unitary Authority, that is Medway Council. Wainscott is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lower Higham.

Strood

Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Strood is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.

Chalk

Village

Photo: Glen, CC BY 2.0.

Chalk is a village and since 1935 a former civil parish which adjoins the east of Gravesend, in the Gravesham district, in the county of Kent, England. Chalk is situated 3 miles west of Lower Higham.

Lower Higham

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Higham, Borough of Gravesham, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.42738° or 51° 25′ 39″ north

Longitude

0.46404° or 0° 27′ 51″ east

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

9F32CFG7+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 30091653

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

12266000

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Higham Primary School and Higham Congregational Church.

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