The Hop Pocket

The Hop Pocket is a bus stop in Paddock Wood, Tunbridge Wells District, England. The Hop Pocket is situated near Paddock Wood railway station, as well as near the motorhome stopover Lamb’s Caravan Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Paddock Wood railway station and Paddock Wood Library.

Paddock Wood railway station

Railway station

Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.

Paddock Wood railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line and Medway Valley Line in south-east England, serving the Borough of Tunbridge Wells town of Paddock Wood. Paddock Wood railway station is situated 840 feet southeast of The Hop Pocket.

Paddock Wood Library

Library

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Paddock Wood Library is situated 1,300 feet south of The Hop Pocket.

The John Brunt V.C. is a public house in Paddock Wood in Kent, England. Originally named The Kent Arms, on 3 September 1947 the pub was formally renamed John Brunt V.C. in honour of an English soldier, John Brunt, who won the Victoria Cross in the Second World War who spent his teenage years in the town. John Brunt V.C. is situated 1,400 feet southeast of The Hop Pocket.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paddock Wood and Five Oak Green.

Paddock Wood

Town

Photo: Mjroots, CC BY 3.0.

Paddock Wood is a town and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, about 8 miles southwest of Maidstone. At the 2011 Census it had a population of 8,253 falling to 8160 at the 2021 Census. Paddock Wood is a centre for hop growing.

Five Oak Green

Village

Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Five Oak Green is a village near Tonbridge, Kent in the Civil Parish of Capel. The village was a centre for hop growing. In the 19th century, The Rose and Crown public house was converted to a hospital to treat the many hop pickers who resided in the village and its surroundings in the late summer.

Beltring

Hamlet

Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beltring is a village in the local government district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of East Peckham. Beltring is known for the annual War and peace show which takes place at The Hop Farm Country Park.

The Hop Pocket

Type: Bus stop
Category: transport
Location: Paddock Wood, Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.18435° or 51° 11′ 4″ north

Longitude

0.38763° or 0° 23′ 16″ east

Open location code

9F3259MQ+P3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 502557009

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Lamb’s Caravan Park and Paddock Wood Post Office.

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Places to explore: Masonic Hall and Paddock Wood Masonic Hall.

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