Bletchenden
Bletchenden is a hamlet in Headcorn, Maidstone, England. Bletchenden is situated nearby to the village Headcorn, as well as near the hamlet Sinkhurst Green.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Headcorn railway station and Lashenden.
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.
Lashenden
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 Air Warfare Museum
Museum
Lashenden Air Warfare Museum is an aviation museum at Lashenden Airfield in Kent in southeast England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biddenden and Grafty Green.
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. Biddenden is situated 3 miles south of Bletchenden.
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 4 miles northeast of Bletchenden.
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. Sissinghurst is situated 4½ miles southwest of Bletchenden.
Bletchenden
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Headcorn, Maidstone, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.15757° or 51° 9′ 27″ northLongitude
0.6271° or 0° 37′ 38″ eastOpen location code
9F325J5G+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 5340673593OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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