Tenterden is a compact market town and civil parish in the borough of Ashford, in Kent, England, set on the edge of the Weald with countryside views toward the Romney Marsh. Its attractive High Street is notable for timber-framed buildings, independent shops, antiques and cafés, and the preserved Kent and East Sussex Railway gives the place a strong heritage-tourism appeal.
Historically the name reflects its cloth-making past - tenters were frames for stretching woven cloth - and the town grew as a medieval market centre. Today the local economy mixes agriculture, small businesses, tourism and commuter households, while regular festivals and active conservation of historic buildings help sustain a lively community character with a distinctively Kentish feel.
Postcode districts covering Tenterden
Most populated places nearby
- Hastings 14.6 miles
- Maidstone 16.1 miles
- Gillingham 21.7 miles
- Chatham 21.5 miles
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 19.4 miles
- Folkestone 19.7 miles
- Ashford 9.1 miles
- Canterbury 22.2 miles
- Sittingbourne 19.6 miles
- Bexhill-on-Sea 18.5 miles
- Tonbridge 20.5 miles
- Whitstable 24.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Tenterden North Ward 0.6 miles
- Tenterden Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Tenterden South Ward 1 mile
- Tenterden St. Michael's Ward 1.4 miles
- London Beach Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Rolvenden & Tenterden West Ward 2.4 miles
- High Halden Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Woodchurch Built-up area 3 miles
- Isle of Oxney Ward 3.2 miles
- Rolvenden Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Rolvenden Layne Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Wittersham Built-up area 3.6 miles
Example postcodes in Tenterden
TN30 6JG, TN30 6RY, TN30 6RD, TN30 7BB, TN30 6JH, TN30 6RJ, TN30 7AE, TN30 6QH, TN30 7AJ … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 34.8 miles
- London Gatwick Airport 38.6 miles
- Appledore Railway Station 5.6 miles
- Pluckley Railway Station 6.4 miles
Hotels in Tenterden Ad
- Little Silver Country Hotel 3
- The Print House Inn 4
- The Woolpack Hotel 4
- White Lion Tenterden
- London Beach Country Hotel 3
Schools in Tenterden
- Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre Secondary
- Little Acorns School Independent - special
- St Michael's C of E Primary School Primary
- Tenterden C of E Junior School Primary
- Tenterden Infant School Primary
Local points of interest
- South Kent College - Ashford College 8.5 miles
- Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Nature reserve 9.8 miles
- Camber Sands Beach 10.1 miles
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 10.4 miles
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 10.9 miles
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 11.1 miles
- Eastwell Park Estate 11.6 miles
- Boughton Place Estate 12.6 miles
- Minepit Wood Forest 13.3 miles
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 13.3 miles
- Pulans Wood Forest 13.4 miles
- Hale Wood Forest 13.5 miles