Chiddingstone Causeway is a village west of

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, England. It is within the

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 ...

local government

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. It is in the

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Chiddingstone Chiddingstone is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the River Eden between Tonbridge and Edenbridge. The village of Chiddingstone Causeway and the hamlet Chiddingstone Hoath are also ...

. The village is served by Penshurst Station on the

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with trains running hourly between

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and

via

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. Connections for

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can be made from this service by changing at Redhill.

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, which was in operation from 1916 to 1936, and again from 1940 to 1946 as RAF Penshurst, was within ¼ mile (400 m) of the station. The village is also served by the 231 and 233 bus routes linking

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, and

Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the Weald, High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Roc ...

via

Bidborough Bidborough is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells and south of Tonbridge. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 958, increasing to 1,163 at the 2011 Census. ...

The current service contract is run by Metrobus and there is no Sunday or Bank Holiday service. In the centre of the village is 'The Little Brown Jug'The Little Brown Jug http://www.thelittlebrownjug.co.uk/

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. St. Luke's church is a

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church on the Tonbridge Road, jost over a hundred metres east of the pub. There is a war memorial outside St. Luke's church.

Nearest Settlements

The hamlet of Charcott is half a kilometre to the north. The pub there is the Greyhound.

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