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Chainhurst

Village in Kent, England

Chainhurst

Village in Kent, England

FieldValue
countryEngland
official_nameChainhurst
static_imageHunton Road, Chainhurst - geograph.org.uk - 5494610.jpg
static_image_captionHunton Road
coordinates
shire_districtMaidstone
shire_countyKent
regionSouth East England
constituency_westminsterWeald of Kent
post_townTonbridge
postcode_districtTN12
postcode_areaTN
dial_code01622
civil_parishMarden

Chainhurst is a wealden village in Kent, England, and is part of Marden civil parish and Maidstone District. It is about 2 miles north of Marden, below Bidborough Ridge, and south of the River Beult floodplain.

Landmarks

Chainhurst Farmhouse is grade II* listed and parts of it date back to the 16th century.

Economy

Oast houses, Chainhurst

Historically, Chainhurst's predominant employment was in agriculture.

Farmland near Chainhurst is used for orchards and arable crops. There were extensive hop gardens with several former oast houses surviving. The Hopper huts south of the bridge over the River Beult accommodated seasonal workers for the annual hop harvest.

Many residents now commute to work in London or elsewhere.

Cyclo-cross

Since about 2000, Reed Court Farm has been a Cyclo-Cross venue in the sport's London and South East League.

References

References

  1. "Location of Weald of Kent".
  2. (2017). "Marden Surface Water Management Plan". JBA Consulting.
  3. (2014). "Landranger map sheet 188 - Maidstone & Royal Tunbridge Wells (Sevenoaks & Tonbridge)". Ordnance Survey.
  4. "CHAINHURST FARMHOUSE, Marden - 1060663".
  5. "Hop Pickers".
  6. "The River Beult".
  7. "Oast Houses".
  8. "Places & Artefacts".
  9. (14 March 2018). "Reed Court Farm, Chainshurst, Kent".
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