Hawkhurst
Built-up area in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
| Coordinates: | 51.044, 0.502 |
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| OS grid ref: | TQ 75 30 |
| Population: | 3,963 |
| Dialling code: | 01580 (Cranbrook) |
Hawkhurst is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, set on the rolling, wooded ridges of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its centre features a mix of mellow red‑brick and timber‑framed buildings and a designated conservation area that reflects its market‑village origins and historic ties to agriculture and local industry.
Hawkhurst is perhaps best known for its 18th‑century smuggling associations - the notorious Hawkhurst Gang - and the local resistance that helped curb them at nearby Goudhurst. Today the village combines independent shops, pubs and artisan producers with a commuter population and active community organisations, schools and sports clubs that keep village life lively.
Postcode districts covering Hawkhurst
Most populated places nearby
- Hastings 11.9 miles
- Eastbourne 20.3 miles
- Maidstone 15.8 miles
- Gillingham 23 miles
- Chatham 22 miles
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 12 miles
- Ashford 17.6 miles
- Sittingbourne 23.6 miles
- Bexhill-on-Sea 13.7 miles
- Tonbridge 14.5 miles
- Sevenoaks 21 miles
- Rochester 23.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Pipsden Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Gun Green Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden Ward 2.2 miles
- Hurst Green Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Sandhurst Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Flimwell Built-up area 3 miles
- Hartley Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Hurst Green & Ticehurst Ward 3.1 miles
- Bodiam Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Salehurst and Robertsbridge Parish 3.6 miles
- Linkhill Built-up area 3.7 miles
- Benenden Built-up area 3.8 miles
Example postcodes in Hawkhurst
TN18 4HJ, TN18 4JG, TN18 4RP, TN18 4PG, TN18 4QT, TN18 4LP, TN18 4BF, TN18 4BT, TN18 4QB … See all
Transport links
- London Gatwick Airport 30.5 miles
- London City Airport 37.3 miles
- Etchingham Railway Station 3.4 miles
- Robertsbridge Railway Station 4.3 miles
Hotels near Hawkhurst Ad
- The Royal Oak 3 0.5 miles
- The Coach House 3 0.9 miles
- The Queen's Inn 4 0.9 miles
- Bell In Ticehurst 4 4.1 miles
- Dale Hill Hotel 4 3.4 miles
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 3.9 miles
- The George Hotel 3 4 miles
- The George Inn 5 4.2 miles
- Winemaker's Pub 4 5 miles
- The Rose & Crown 5.9 miles
Schools in Hawkhurst
- Hawkhurst C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 2.8 miles
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 3.3 miles
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 3.9 miles
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 6.1 miles
- Minepit Wood Forest 6.6 miles
- Hayden Wood Forest 6.7 miles
- Pulans Wood Forest 6.8 miles
- Parsonage Wood Forest 6.8 miles
- Hale Wood Forest 6.9 miles
- Bayham Abbey Estate 7.6 miles
- Saint Helen's Wood Forest 11.9 miles
- Boughton Place Estate 12 miles