Chestnut Street is a settlement to the west of
Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne is an industrial town in Kent, south-east England, from Canterbury and from London, beside the Roman Watling Street, an ancient British trackway used by the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons and next to the Swale, a strip of sea separa ...
in the
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle A ...
of
Swale,
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 ...
, England.
It is located on the former
A249 road
The A249 is a road in Kent, England, running from Maidstone to Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey. It mainly functions as a link between the M2 motorway (Great Britain), M2 and M20 motorway, M20 motorways, and for goods vehicle traffic to the p ...
alignment, between the junction with the
A2 road near Key Street and
Danaway
Danaway is a village near the A249 road and the M2 motorway, in the Swale district, in the English county of Kent. The nearest town is Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne is an industrial town in Kent, south-east England, from Canterbury and from ...
. The A249, a
dual carriageway since the 1990s, avoids Chestnut Street. Its postal address is Chestnut Street,
Borden, Kent
Borden is a village and electoral ward situated immediately south west of Sittingbourne, Kent, from which it is separated by a small area of rural land.
The history of the name could be questioned. It may be derived from bor (hill) and then ei ...
; that village is a mile (1.6 km) to the east.
There are a number of
Grade II listed buildings in the hamlet, including Hooks Hole, Old Houses, Dumbles, Tudor Rose Cottage, Oldstede, and Chestnut Street Farmhouse.
References
External links
Villages in Kent
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