Biddenden is a largely rural ward in the borough of Ashford, set in the rolling countryside of south‑east Kent, England. The area is typified by orchards, hop gardens and pockets of woodland, with a compact village core of timber‑framed houses and a parish church that hint at its long history.
Culturally the place punches above its weight: it is known for the local legend of the Biddenden Maids and the charity traditions that grew from it, and for small‑scale food and drink production such as Biddenden Vineyards. The local economy still leans on agriculture and tourism, with village shops, pubs and community events sustaining a strong local identity while many residents commute to nearby towns for work.
Postcode districts covering Biddenden
Most populated places nearby
- Hastings 16.7 miles26.9 km
- Maidstone 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Gillingham 18.2 miles29.2 km
- Chatham 17.8 miles28.7 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Folkestone 22.3 miles36 km
- Ashford 10.3 miles16.7 km
- Canterbury 22.5 miles36.3 km
- Gravesend 24.4 miles39.2 km
- Sittingbourne 17 miles27.4 km
- Bexhill-on-Sea 19.9 miles32.1 km
- Tonbridge 16.8 miles27 km
Neighbouring places
- Biddenden Built-up area 0.3 miles0.5 km
- East End Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- London Beach Built-up area 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Frittenden Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
- High Halden Built-up area 3 miles4.9 km
- Tenterden St. Michael's Ward 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Tenterden Built-up area 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Smarden Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden Ward 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Tenterden North Ward 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Cranbrook Common Built-up area 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Sissinghurst Built-up area 3.7 miles6 km
Example postcodes in Biddenden
TN27 8JF, TN26 3HR, TN27 8DQ, TN27 8BN, TN27 8BP, TN27 8EQ, TN27 8DP, TN27 8AT, TN27 8BL … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 31.8 miles51.1 km
- London Gatwick Airport 35.6 miles57.3 km
- Headcorn Railway Station 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Pluckley Railway Station 5.5 miles8.9 km
Hotels near Biddenden Ad
- Little Silver Country Hotel 3 2.6 miles4.2 km
- The Print House Inn 4 3.7 miles5.9 km
- King Hotel Tenterden 2 miles3.1 km
- The Woolpack Hotel 4 3.7 miles5.9 km
- White Lion Tenterden 3.7 miles6 km
- London Beach Country Hotel 3 2.6 miles4.2 km
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Weald of Kent 3 5.4 miles8.7 km
- The Potting Shed Maidstone 8.8 miles14.1 km
- The Star and Eagle Hotel 4 7.8 miles12.5 km
Schools in Biddenden
- Greenfields School Independent - special
- John Mayne C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Boughton Place Estate 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 8.7 miles14.1 km
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 8.9 miles14.2 km
- South Kent College - Ashford College 9.7 miles15.7 km
- Minepit Wood Forest 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Pulans Wood Forest 10.3 miles16.5 km
- Hale Wood Forest 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Hayden Wood Forest 10.5 miles16.8 km
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Parsonage Wood Forest 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Yalding Gardens Gardens 11.5 miles18.6 km