Hemsted Forest
Hemsted Forest is a forest in Benenden, Tunbridge Wells District, England. Hemsted Forest is situated nearby to the hamlet Goddard’s Green, as well as near the village East End.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sissinghurst Castle Garden and Union Mill.
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.
Union Mill
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Union Mill is a Grade I listed smock mill in Cranbrook, Kent, England, which has been restored to working order. It is the tallest smock mill in the United Kingdom.
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
51.0939° or 51° 5′ 38″ northLongitude
0.5882° or 0° 35′ 18″ eastOpen location code
9F323HVQ+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 4672147OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Goddard’s Green and East End.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cranbrook (formerly Hemsted Forest) Golf Club (Permanently closed) and Hemsted Forest.
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