Rolvenden is a village and civil parish in the district of Ashford, in the county of Kent, England, tucked into the rolling, wooded ridges of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish includes the older hamlet of Rolvenden Layne and lies a few miles from the market town of Tenterden, surrounded by orchards, hop fields and patchwork farmland.
The village retains a distinctly historic character with timber-framed cottages, a medieval parish church and a traditional village green, and is served by a station on the preserved Kent & East Sussex Railway that helps bring visitors to the area. Historically agricultural, the local economy now mixes farming, small businesses and commuters, while an active community life centres on pubs, a village hall and seasonal events.
Postcode districts covering Rolvenden
Most populated places nearby
- Hastings 12.2 miles
- Eastbourne 23.7 miles
- Maidstone 16.3 miles
- Gillingham 22.6 miles
- Chatham 22.1 miles
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 16.9 miles
- Folkestone 22.8 miles
- Ashford 12.4 miles
- Sittingbourne 21.5 miles
- Bexhill-on-Sea 15.7 miles
- Tonbridge 18.6 miles
- Sevenoaks 24.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Rolvenden Built-up area 0.4 miles
- Rolvenden Layne Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Rolvenden & Tenterden West Ward 1.1 miles
- Newenden Parish 2.2 miles
- Linkhill Built-up area 2.7 miles
- East End Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Benenden Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Tenterden North Ward 3.1 miles
- Tenterden Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Sandhurst Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden Ward 3.5 miles
- Tenterden South Ward 3.8 miles
Example postcodes in Rolvenden
TN17 4FB, TN17 4PD, TN17 4LX, TN17 4PH, TN17 4PU, TN17 4NW, TN17 4PX, TN17 4NH, TN17 4LJ … See all
Transport links
- London Gatwick Airport 35.9 miles
- London Southend Airport 36.3 miles
- Rye Railway Station 7.9 miles
- Appledore Railway Station 8.1 miles
Hotels near Rolvenden Ad
- The Print House Inn 4 2.5 miles
- The Woolpack Hotel 4 2.9 miles
- White Lion Tenterden 2.8 miles
- Strand House 3 9.1 miles
- King Hotel Tenterden 4.2 miles
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 5.4 miles
- London Beach Country Hotel 3 3.9 miles
- Flackley Ash Country House Hotel 3 5.1 miles
- The George in Rye 4 8 miles
- The Regent, Rye 7.9 miles
Schools in Rolvenden
- Rolvenden Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 7.1 miles
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 8 miles
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 8.3 miles
- Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Nature reserve 9.9 miles
- Camber Sands Beach 10.5 miles
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 10.8 miles
- Minepit Wood Forest 10.9 miles
- Pulans Wood Forest 11.1 miles
- Hayden Wood Forest 11.1 miles
- Hale Wood Forest 11.2 miles
- Parsonage Wood Forest 11.4 miles
- South Kent College - Ashford College 11.8 miles