Upper Ifield

Places of Interest

Shorne Woods Country Park

Park

Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shorne Woods Country Park is located between Strood and Gravesend, in the English county of Kent. It was once part of a large estate, later passed to the county council to be used as a country park.

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. Gads Hill Place is situated 1½ miles east of Upper Ifield.

Higham Library

Library

Photo: JuliaC2006, CC BY 2.0.

Higham Library is situated 1½ miles east of Upper Ifield.

Places in the Area

Thong

Hamlet

Photo: Rj21, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Thong is a hamlet southeast of Gravesend in Kent, England. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Shorne. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names and appeared as a question answer for Round Britain Quiz on BBC Radio 4.

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 1½ miles northwest of Upper Ifield.

Singlewell

Suburb

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Singlewell is an area and council ward south of Gravesend, in the Gravesham district, in the county of Kent, England. There was previously a settlement named Ifield as explained below. Singlewell is situated 2 miles west of Upper Ifield.

Upper Ifield

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

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