Borough Green & Wrotham railway stationBorough Green & Wrotham railway station (also known as Borough Green) is located in Borough Green in Kent, England. It is 29 miles 46 chains (47.6 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern. HistoryWrotham station opened on 1 June 1874, as part of the Maidstone Line from Swanley to Maidstone. The station was initially named after Wrotham, which lies 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north.
IghthamIghtham ( ) is a parish and village in Kent, England, located approximately four miles east of Sevenoaks and six miles north of Tonbridge. The parish includes the hamlet of Ivy Hatch. Ightham is famous for the nearby medieval manor of Ightham Mote (National Trust), although the village itself is of greater antiquity. Place namesThe name Ightham derived from the name of Ehta (a Jutish personal name) and ham ('homestead'). It is spelt 'Ehteham' in the Textus Roffensis.
Tonbridge and MallingTonbridge and Malling is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. The council is based at Kings Hill. The borough also includes the towns of Tonbridge and Snodland along with numerous villages including Aylesford, West Malling and surrounding rural areas. The neighbouring districts are Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Gravesham and Medway.
MaidstoneMaidstone is the largest town in the county of Kent in South East England, of which it is also the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it with Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river carried much of the town's trade as the centre of the agricultural county of Kent, which is known as the Garden of England.
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Civil parishIn England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, which for centuries were the principal unit of secular and religious administration in most of England and Wales. Civil and religious parishes were formally split into two types in the 19th century and are now entirely separate.
Oldbury CampOldbury Camp (also known as Oldbury hill fort) is the largest Iron Agehill fort in south-eastern England. It was built in the 1st century BC by Celtic British tribes on a hilltop west of Ightham, Kent, in a strategic location overlooking routes through the Kentish Weald. The fort comprises a bank and ditch enclosing an area of about 50 hectares (120 acres), with entrances at the north-east and south ends. Wooden gates barred the entrances.
A25 roadThe A25 road is an east–west main road in the South-East of England. Its carries traffic east from Guildford, Surrey, eastward through Surrey and into mid-west Kent, to the town of Sevenoaks, and then on to Wrotham Heath where it connects with the A20.
Oldbury rock sheltersThe Oldbury rock shelters are a complex of Middle Palaeolithic sites situated on the slopes of Oldbury hillfort near Ightham in the English county of Kent. They were occupied by Mousterian flint tool manufacturers around 50,000 years ago and examples of their characteristic bout-coupéhandaxes were found there during excavations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The site is open to the public and owned by the National Trust.
PaleolithicPrehistoric period, first part of the Stone AgeHunting a Glyptodon. Painting by Heinrich Harderc. 1920.The oldest known figurative painting is a depiction of a bull that was discovered in the Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave in Indonesia. It was painted 40,000–52,000 years ago or earlier.The Paleolithic ( ), or Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools.
SevenoaksSevenoaks is a town and civil parish in Kent, England. Situated 21 miles (34 km) south-east of Charing Cross, Sevenoaks is served by the South Eastern Main Line commuter railway into London. It is the principal town of the Sevenoaks district, followed by Swanley and Edenbridge. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 21,167, while the larger built-up area had a population of 26,475. A settlement was recorded in the 13th century, when a market was established.
KentCounty of EnglandNon-metropolitan and ceremonial county in EnglandKent is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Greater London to the north-west. The county has an area of 3,544 square kilometres (1,368 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 1,931,684 in 2024.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.