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 miles19.7 km
- Eastbourne 23.7 miles38.1 km
- Maidstone 16.3 miles26.2 km
- Gillingham 22.6 miles36.4 km
- Chatham 22.1 miles35.6 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Folkestone 22.8 miles36.8 km
- Ashford 12.4 miles20 km
- Sittingbourne 21.5 miles34.7 km
- Bexhill-on-Sea 15.7 miles25.2 km
- Tonbridge 18.6 miles29.9 km
- Sevenoaks 24.9 miles40.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Rolvenden Built-up area 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Rolvenden Layne Built-up area 0.6 miles1 km
- Rolvenden & Tenterden West Ward 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Newenden Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Linkhill Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
- East End Built-up area 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Benenden Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Tenterden North Ward 3.1 miles5.1 km
- Tenterden Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Sandhurst Built-up area 3.3 miles5.2 km
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden Ward 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Tenterden South Ward 3.8 miles6.1 km
Example postcodes in Rolvenden
TN17 4QA, TN17 4LZ, TN17 4NH, TN17 4JG, TN17 4LY, TN17 4NB, TN17 4LU, TN17 4DF, TN17 4PT … See all
Transport links
- London Gatwick Airport 35.9 miles57.8 km
- London Southend Airport 36.3 miles58.5 km
- Rye Railway Station 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Appledore Railway Station 8.1 miles13.1 km
Hotels near Rolvenden Ad
- The Print House Inn 4 2.5 miles4.1 km
- The Woolpack Hotel 4 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Little Silver Country Hotel 3 4 miles6.4 km
- White Lion Tenterden 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Strand House 3 9.1 miles14.7 km
- King Hotel Tenterden 4.2 miles6.7 km
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 5.4 miles8.6 km
- London Beach Country Hotel 3 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Flackley Ash Country House Hotel 3 5.1 miles8.3 km
- The George in Rye 4 8 miles12.9 km
Schools in Rolvenden
- Rolvenden Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 8 miles12.8 km
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Nature reserve 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Camber Sands Beach 10.5 miles17 km
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Minepit Wood Forest 10.9 miles17.6 km
- Pulans Wood Forest 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Hayden Wood Forest 11.1 miles17.9 km
- Hale Wood Forest 11.2 miles18 km
- Parsonage Wood Forest 11.4 miles18.4 km
- South Kent College - Ashford College 11.8 miles19.1 km