Buckhurst

Buckhurst is a locality in Frittenden, Tunbridge Wells District, England. Buckhurst is situated near the village Frittenden, as well as near the locality Hareplain.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sissinghurst Castle Garden and Lashenden.

Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Garden

Photo: Schnobby, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sissinghurst Castle Garden, at Sissinghurst in the Weald of Kent in England, was created by Vita Sackville-West, a poet and writer, and her husband Harold Nicolson, an author and diplomat. Sissinghurst Castle Garden is situated 2 miles southwest of Buckhurst.

Lashenden

Aerodrome

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Headcorn Aerodrome is a private airfield in Kent, England. The airfield is located 8 NM south of Maidstone; about 32 miles southeast of London. Opened in 1943 during the Second World War, it was named RAF Lashenden. Lashenden is situated 2 miles northeast of Buckhurst.

Bell And Jorrocks Public House

Pub

Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biddenden and Sissinghurst.

Biddenden

Village

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Biddenden is a large, mostly agricultural and wooded village and civil parish in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. The village lies on the Weald of Kent, 5 miles north of Tenterden. Biddenden is situated 2 miles southeast of Buckhurst.

Sissinghurst

Village

Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.

Sissinghurst is a small village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. Originally called Milkhouse Street, Sissinghurst changed its name in the 1850s, possibly to avoid association with the smuggling and cockfighting activities of the Hawkhurst Gang. Sissinghurst is situated 3 miles southwest of Buckhurst.

Horden

Hamlet

Horden is a village in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Goudhurst. The village takes its name from the Horden family: Edward Horden was a courtier to three Tudor monarchs, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, serving as Clerk of the Green Cloth. Horden is situated 4½ miles west of Buckhurst.

Buckhurst

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

51.13862° or 51° 8′ 19″ north

Longitude

0.60899° or 0° 36′ 32″ east

Elevation

98 feet (30 metres)

Open location code

9F324JQ5+CH

GeoNames ID

13274643

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Places to explore: Frittenden and Hareplain.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sissinghurst Castle Garden and Sissinghurst Castle.

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