Swift’s Green
Swift’s Green is a hamlet in Smarden, Ashford, England. Swift’s Green is situated nearby to the village Smarden, as well as near the hamlet Egerton Forstal.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lashenden and Lashenden Air Warfare Museum.
Lashenden
Aerodrome
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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 southwest of Swift’s Green.
Lashenden Air Warfare Museum
Museum
Lashenden Air Warfare Museum is an aviation museum at Lashenden Airfield in Kent in southeast England. Lashenden Air Warfare Museum is situated 1½ miles southwest of Swift’s Green.
Headcorn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Anthony Eden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Headcorn railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the village of Headcorn, Kent. It is 45 miles 20 chains down the line from London Charing Cross. Headcorn railway station is situated 2 miles west of Swift’s Green.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grafty Green and Boughton Malherbe.
Grafty Green
Village
Grafty Green is a village in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, falling within the civil parish of Boughton Malherbe. It contains two public houses. Grafty Green is situated 2½ miles north of Swift’s Green.
Boughton Malherbe
Village
Photo: Dave Skinner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boughton Malherbe is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, equidistant between Maidstone and Ashford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 428, including Sandway and Grafty Green, increasing to 476 at the 2011 Census. Boughton Malherbe is situated 3 miles north of Swift’s Green.
Platt’s Heath
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Platts Heath is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lenham, Kent, England. It is also the source of the River Len, which flows in a westerly direction to join the River Medway at Maidstone. Platt’s Heath is situated 3½ miles north of Swift’s Green.
Swift’s Green
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Smarden, Ashford, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1699° or 51° 10′ 12″ northLongitude
0.67649° or 0° 40′ 35″ eastElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
9F325M9G+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 13669319601OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13281275
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