Hawkhurst
Built-up area in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
| Coordinates: | 51.044, 0.502 |
|---|---|
| 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 miles19.2 km
- Eastbourne 20.3 miles32.7 km
- Maidstone 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Gillingham 23 miles37 km
- Chatham 22 miles35.4 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 12 miles19.3 km
- Ashford 17.6 miles28.2 km
- Sittingbourne 23.6 miles38 km
- Bexhill-on-Sea 13.7 miles22 km
- Tonbridge 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Sevenoaks 21 miles33.9 km
- Rochester 23.4 miles37.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Pipsden Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Gun Green Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden Ward 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Hurst Green Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Sandhurst Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Flimwell Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Hartley Built-up area 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Hurst Green & Ticehurst Ward 3.1 miles5 km
- Bodiam Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Salehurst and Robertsbridge Parish 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Linkhill Built-up area 3.7 miles6 km
- Benenden Built-up area 3.8 miles6.1 km
Example postcodes in Hawkhurst
TN18 4FJ, TN18 4DB, TN18 4LY, TN18 4EW, TN18 4BW, TN18 4ND, TN18 4EG, TN18 4AQ, TN18 4RD … See all
Transport links
- London Gatwick Airport 30.5 miles49.1 km
- London City Airport 37.3 miles60 km
- Etchingham Railway Station 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Robertsbridge Railway Station 4.3 miles6.9 km
Hotels near Hawkhurst Ad
- The Star and Eagle Hotel 4 5.2 miles8.3 km
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 3.9 miles6.4 km
- Dale Hill Hotel 4 3.4 miles5.5 km
- White Hart Inn 7.6 miles12.3 km
- The Print House Inn 4 8 miles12.8 km
- Little Silver Country Hotel 3 8.8 miles14.2 km
- The Woolpack Hotel 4 8.3 miles13.3 km
- White Lion Tenterden 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Sedlescombe Golf Hotel 3 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Flackley Ash Country House Hotel 3 8.8 miles14.2 km
Schools in Hawkhurst
- Hawkhurst C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 2.8 miles4.4 km
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Minepit Wood Forest 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Hayden Wood Forest 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Pulans Wood Forest 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Parsonage Wood Forest 6.8 miles11 km
- Hale Wood Forest 6.9 miles11.2 km
- Bayham Abbey Estate 7.6 miles12.3 km
- Saint Helen's Wood Forest 11.9 miles19.2 km
- Boughton Place Estate 12 miles19.4 km