Chestnut Street is a settlement to the west of
Sittingbourne in the
Borough of
Swale
Swale or Swales may refer to:
Topography
* Swale (landform), a low tract of land
** Bioswale, landform designed to remove silt and pollution
** Swales, found in the formation of Hummocky cross-stratification
Geography
* River Swale, in North ...
,
Kent, 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 and M20 motorways, and for goods vehicle traffic to the port at Sheerness.
In 2006 an upgraded du ...
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 Lo ...
. The A249, a
dual carriageway
A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...
since the 1990s, avoids Chestnut Street. Its postal address is Chestnut Street,
Borden, Kent; that village is a mile (1.6 km) to the east.
There are a number of
Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
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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