East Hill, Kent
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East Hill is a hamlet in the civil parish of
West Kingsdown West Kingsdown is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England, on the A20 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Swanley, 5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Sevenoaks and from London. The Area The parish was part of Axsta ...
, in the
Sevenoaks District Sevenoaks is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in west Kent, England. Its council is based in the town of Sevenoaks. The district was Local Government Act 1972, formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Sevenoaks Urban District ...
, in the county of
Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
in England.


Location

East Hill is about eight miles north west of the large town of
Sevenoaks Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506 situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parishes in England, civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter South Eastern Main Line, main line railway into Lon ...
and about four miles north of the large village of
Kemsing Kemsing is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The parish lies on the scarp face of the North Downs, 20 miles south east of Central London, north east of Sevenoaks. Also in the parish are the hamlets of Heave ...
and about two miles south west of the large village of
West Kingsdown West Kingsdown is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England, on the A20 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Swanley, 5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Sevenoaks and from London. The Area The parish was part of Axsta ...
.


Nearby hamlets

Nearby hamlets include
Romney Street Romney Street is a hamlet in the civil parish of Shoreham, in the Sevenoaks district, in the English county of Kent. Location It is about 4 miles north east of the town of Sevenoaks and about 1.6 miles north of the large village of Kemsing. Ne ...
,
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,
Knatts Valley Knatts Valley is a hamlet situated in the West Kingsdown civil parish in the county of Kent, England. It was originally a rural community consisting mainly of several smallholdings: the principal farms being Knatts Farm (sheep), giving its name ...
,
Maplescombe Maplescombe is a hamlet in the West Kingsdown civil parish, in the Sevenoaks District, in the county of Kent, England. __TOC__ Location It is about eight miles northeast of the town of Sevenoaks and is near the large village of Kemsing and ab ...
, Knockmill and
Cotmans Ash Kemsing is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The parish lies on the scarp face of the North Downs, 20 miles south east of Central London, north east of Sevenoaks. Also in the parish are the hamlets of Heave ...
.


Amenities

There is an eighteen-hole golf course and about a dozen woods nearby. It also has a caravan and camping site.


Transport

The hamlet is on a minor dead-end road (East Hill Road). although it is within a few miles of the A20, the
A225 road List of A roads in zone 2 in Great Britain starting south of the River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the ...
and the M20, M26 and M25 motorways. The nearest railway station is
Otford railway station Otford railway station serves Otford in Kent. It is down the line from . Train services are provided by Southeastern and Thameslink. History The first station at Otford opened on 1 June 1874. It was located at the point where the lines to Ba ...
, approximately four miles away.


Sources

* A-Z Great Britain Road Atlas (page 181) * http://www.ikent.co.uk/profile/71091/Sevenoaks/East-Hill-Farm-Caravan-Park/ {{coord, 51, 20, 22, N, 0, 14, 06, E, type:city(100)_region:GB, display=title Hamlets in Kent Sevenoaks District