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Badgers Mount

Village in Kent, England

Village in Kent, England

FieldValue
countryEngland
static_image_nameShacklands Road - Steep Hill 1-10 - geograph.org.uk - 1479206.jpg
static_image_captionShacklands Road
coordinates
official_nameBadgers Mount
civil_parishBadgers Mount
shire_districtSevenoaks
shire_countyKent
regionSouth East England
constituency_westminsterSevenoaks
post_townSEVENOAKS
postcode_districtTN14
postcode_areaTN
dial_code01959
os_grid_referenceTQ495625

Badgers Mount is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, in southeast England. It is 3.6 mi south east of Orpington and 5.6 mi north west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with Greater London.

History

Evidence of early settlement can be found in the surrounding countryside, where there are ancient earthworks and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Polhill.

'Badgers Mount' appears as the name of a geographical feature, east of the London-Sevenoaks road and adjacent railway tunnel, in an 1871 Ordnance Survey map. The area was sparsely populated until the 19th century arrival of the railway. The establishment of Knockholt railway station (originally 'Halstead for Knockholt')

After World War I, farmland around Badgers Mount was used for residential purposes.

Until 2015 Badgers Mount was part of the Shoreham parish.

Local area

Badgers Mount is part of the Kent Downs AONB and includes the hamlet of Polhill. Both lie to the west of the Darent Valley Path. The North Downs Way footpath and the Pilgrims' Way, an ancient route for pilgrims travelling to Canterbury, also pass to the south of the area.

Transport

Rail

The nearest national railway station to Badgers Mount is Knockholt railway station, 1.3 mi to the northwest. Southeastern operates regular services to London and to nearby towns.

Buses

Badgers Mount is served by Go Coach route 3, which operates on weekdays and connects the village with Orpington and Sevenoaks.

Notable residents

  • Dizzee Rascal

References

References

  1. "Badgers Mount History".
  2. R. N. Kent. (1989). "The History of Kent". Kent Publishing.
  3. "Badgers Mount Village History".
  4. "The Sevenoks District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2014". Lgbce.
  5. "Setting up the Badgers Mount Parish Council".
  6. "Badgers Mount Parish Council".
  7. "Shoreham Village Guide".
  8. "The Pilgrims' Way".
  9. "Local Transport Links".
  10. (5 November 2022). "Badgers Mount: The exclusive Kent village near Sevenoaks home to Dizzee Rascal". KentLive.
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