Hemsted Forest

Hemsted Forest is a forest in Benenden, Tunbridge Wells District, England. Hemsted Forest is situated nearby to the village East End, as well as near the hamlet Goddard’s Green.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sissinghurst Castle Garden and Parish Church of All Saints.

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.

Benenden School is a private boarding school for girls in Kent, England, in Hemsted Park at Benenden, between Cranbrook and Tenterden. Benenden has a boarding population of over 550 girls aged 11 to 18, as well as a limited number of day student spaces.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cranbrook and Biddenden.

Cranbrook

Photo: ClemRutter, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cranbrook is a town in the civil parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, in the Weald of Kent in South East England. It lies roughly half-way between Maidstone and Hastings, about 38 miles southeast of central London.

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.

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.

Hemsted Forest

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

51.0971° or 51° 5′ 50″ north

Longitude

0.6021° or 0° 36′ 8″ east

Open location code

9F323JW2+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 264103099

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as East End and Goddard’s Green.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Roger’s Wood and Hemsted Forest.

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