Knockmill

Knockmill is a hamlet in West Kingsdown, Sevenoaks, England. Knockmill is situated nearby to the locality Knatts Valley, as well as near the hamlet Woodlands.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brands Hatch and West Kingsdown Library.

Brands Hatch

Sports venue

Photo: Whiters, Public domain.

Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. Brands Hatch is situated 2 miles north of Knockmill.

West Kingsdown Library

Library

Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

West Kingsdown Windmill

Windmill

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

West Kingsdown Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, that was built in the early nineteenth century at Farningham and moved to West Kingsdown in 1880. It is the survivor of a pair of windmills.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knatts Valley and Cotman’s Ash.

Knatts Valley

Locality

Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Knatts Valley is a hamlet in the civil parish of West Kingsdown, in the Sevenoaks district, in the county of Kent, England. It was originally a rural community consisting mainly of several smallholdings: the principal farms being Knatts Farm, giving its name to the area; and Maplescombe Farm.

Cotman’s Ash

Hamlet

Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kemsing is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The parish lies on the scarp face of the North Downs, 20 miles south east of Central London and 4 miles north east of Sevenoaks.