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, poet and writer, and her husband Harold Nicolson, author and diplomat.
Benenden School
School
Photo: John Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Latitude
51.0971° or 51° 5′ 50″ northLongitude
0.6021° or 0° 36′ 8″ eastOpen location code
9F323JW2+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 264103099OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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