Benenden
Parish in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
| Coordinates: | 51.066, 0.586 |
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| OS grid ref: | TQ 81 32 |
| Population: | 787 |
| Dialling code: | 01580 (Cranbrook) |
Benenden is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, sited on the sandstone ridges of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The settlement clusters around a historic green and contains characterful timber-framed and brick cottages; the parish church has medieval origins and the surrounding landscape still shows traces of former ironworking and hop-growing that shaped the local economy for centuries.
Today Benenden combines rural life with a touch of national profile – it is home to the well-known independent Benenden School and the headquarters of Benenden Health – while most employment is a mix of agriculture, small local businesses and commuters travelling to Tunbridge Wells or Maidstone. Community activities, a village hall and seasonal events keep social life active, and the surrounding lanes and woodlands are popular for walking and cycling.
Postcode districts covering Benenden
Most populated places nearby
- Hastings 13.2 miles
- Eastbourne 23.5 miles
- Maidstone 14.5 miles
- Gillingham 21.2 miles
- Chatham 20.5 miles
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 14.6 miles
- Folkestone 24.7 miles
- Ashford 13.6 miles
- Sittingbourne 20.8 miles
- Bexhill-on-Sea 16.1 miles
- Tonbridge 16.2 miles
- Sevenoaks 22.6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Benenden Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden Ward 1.8 miles
- East End Built-up area 2 miles
- Rolvenden Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Coursehorn Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Gun Green Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Pipsden Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Cranbrook & Sissinghurst Parish 2.9 miles
- Sandhurst Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Linkhill Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Rolvenden Layne Built-up area 3 miles
- Cranbrook Built-up area 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Benenden
TN17 4AS, TN18 5AT, TN17 4BB, TN17 4HL, TN17 4EZ, TN17 4DW, TN17 4AA, TN17 4BP, TN17 4DR … See all
Transport links
- London Gatwick Airport 33.7 miles
- London Southend Airport 35.2 miles
- Headcorn Railway Station 7.1 miles
- Etchingham Railway Station 7.3 miles
Hotels near Benenden Ad
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 3 miles
- The George Hotel 3 3 miles
- The Royal Oak 3 3.5 miles
- The Queen's Inn 4 3.1 miles
- The Woolpack Hotel 4.4 miles
- The White Lion 4.4 miles
- The Print House Inn 4 4.1 miles
- Little Silver Country Hotel 3 4.8 miles
- The Coach House 3 4.9 miles
- The King Hotel Tenterden 5 4.9 miles
Schools in Benenden
- Benenden School Independent - all ages
Local points of interest
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 5.9 miles
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 6.1 miles
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 6.6 miles
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 8.5 miles
- Minepit Wood Forest 8.6 miles
- Pulans Wood Forest 8.7 miles
- Hayden Wood Forest 8.8 miles
- Hale Wood Forest 8.8 miles
- Parsonage Wood Forest 9.1 miles
- Bayham Abbey Estate 10.5 miles
- Boughton Place Estate 10.6 miles
- Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Nature reserve 12.1 miles