Lamb’s Cross
Lamb’s Cross is a hamlet in Chart Sutton, Maidstone, England. Lamb’s Cross is situated nearby to the hamlet Rabbit’s Cross, as well as near the village Chart Sutton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sutton Valence Castle and Staplehurst railway station.
Sutton Valence Castle
Ruins
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Sutton Valence Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Sutton Valence in Kent, England. Overlooking a strategic route to the coast, the original castle probably comprised an inner and an outer bailey and a protective barbican, with a three-storey high keep on its southern side. Sutton Valence Castle is situated 1½ miles east of Lamb’s Cross.
Staplehurst railway station
Railway station
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Staplehurst railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the village of Staplehurst, Kent. It is 41 miles 70 chains down the line from London Charing Cross. Staplehurst railway station is situated 2½ miles south of Lamb’s Cross.
Sutton Valence School
School
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Sutton Valence School is a private school near Maidstone in southeast England. It has 560 pupils. It is a co-educational day and boarding school. There are three senior boarding houses: Westminster, St Margaret's and Sutton. Sutton Valence School is situated 1½ miles northeast of Lamb’s Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langley Heath and Kingswood.
Langley Heath
Village
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Langley Heath is a village, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Lamb’s Cross.
Kingswood
Village
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Kingswood is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent, England and forms part of the civil parish of Broomfield and Kingswood. The main village was constructed in the early 1960s, after earlier sporadic development in both Pitt and Gravelly Bottom Roads on land given to soldiers returning from WW1. Kingswood is situated 3½ miles northeast of Lamb’s Cross.
Chainhurst
Hamlet
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Chainhurst is a wealden village in Kent, England, and is part of Marden civil parish and Maidstone District. It is about 2 miles north of Marden, below Bidborough Ridge, and south of the River Beult floodplain. Chainhurst is situated 3½ miles west of Lamb’s Cross.
Lamb’s Cross
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Chart Sutton, Maidstone, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.20669° or 51° 12′ 24″ northLongitude
0.55948° or 0° 33′ 34″ eastElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
9F326H45+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 13739742303OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13265717
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