Headcorn is a village and civil parish in the borough of Maidstone, in Kent, England, sitting in the rolling farmland of the Weald. It has a compact historic centre with a parish church, a couple of pubs, village shops and a primary school, and still shows the agricultural character of the area with hop fields and arable farms nearby.
The village is perhaps best known locally for Headcorn Aerodrome, which began life as a wartime airfield and today hosts light aviation, flying clubs and occasional vintage aircraft events. Economically it combines farming and local businesses with a significant commuter population thanks to good road and rail links to nearby towns such as Maidstone and Ashford, giving it a mix of rural charm and everyday practicality.
Postcode districts covering Headcorn
Most populated places nearby
- Hastings 20.5 miles
- Maidstone 8.5 miles
- Gillingham 14.2 miles
- Chatham 13.9 miles
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 15.7 miles
- Folkestone 23.5 miles
- Ashford 10.9 miles
- Canterbury 21.3 miles
- Gravesend 20.6 miles
- Sittingbourne 13.4 miles
- Bexhill-on-Sea 23.4 miles
- Tonbridge 15.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Headcorn & Sutton Valence Ward 1.9 miles
- Frittenden Built-up area 2.5 miles
- East Sutton Parish 2.5 miles
- Smarden Built-up area 3 miles
- Weald North Ward 3 miles
- Ulcombe Built-up area 3 miles
- Staplehurst Built-up area 3.4 miles
- Boughton Malherbe Parish 3.4 miles
- Sutton Valence Built-up area 3.4 miles
- Chartway Street Built-up area 3.4 miles
- Biddenden Built-up area 3.7 miles
- Kingswood Built-up area 3.9 miles
Example postcodes in Headcorn
TN27 9GH, TN27 9QJ, TN27 9AE, TN27 9LU, TN27 9QA, TN27 9QH, TN27 9AW, TN27 9QE, TN27 9NH … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 27.9 miles
- London City Airport 33.9 miles
- Headcorn Railway Station 0.3 miles
- Staplehurst Railway Station 3.4 miles
Hotels near Headcorn Ad
- The Potting Shed Maidstone 4.9 miles
- Weald of Kent 3 1.6 miles
- Chilston Park Hotel 4 5 miles
- Who'd A Thought It 4 3 miles
- The Plough Inn 4 8.9 miles
- Little Silver Country Hotel 3 6.1 miles
- The Dog & Bear Hotel 6.1 miles
- The Star and Eagle Hotel 4 8.2 miles
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 6.5 miles
- The Black Horse Inn 4 8.5 miles
Schools in Headcorn
- Headcorn Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Boughton Place Estate 5.2 miles
- University for the Creative Arts - Maidstone University 9 miles
- Yalding Gardens Gardens 9.1 miles
- Boxley Abbey Historic site 10 miles
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 10.1 miles
- Pulans Wood Forest 10.3 miles
- Hale Wood Forest 10.3 miles
- Minepit Wood Forest 10.3 miles
- South Kent College - Ashford College 10.3 miles
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 10.5 miles
- Hayden Wood Forest 10.6 miles
- Boxley Hills Hill 10.7 miles