Benenden is a village and civil parish in the Tunbridge Wells District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the Weald six miles (10km) to the west of Tenterden and four miles (7km) from Cranbrook. In addition to the main village, Iden Green, East End, Dingleden and Standen Street settlements are included in the parish. Benenden is without a doubt one of the prettiest villages in Kent with three character Country Inns serving lovely home cooked food and with well stocked cellars with excellent real ales, a quintessentially English Village Green dominated by a large medieval Church. The parish church is dedicated to St George, and is a 19th century building on the site of a medieval building destroyed in a fire. Benenden School, a private all girls school is located to the north of the village.
The Wealden iron industry probably existed in the area from before the Roman period, but evidence of two Roman roads built to take the cast iron from the Weald have been discovered, as well as other finds from the period. The evidence of one road, that between Maidstone and Hastings at Iden Green, is in the form of a paved ford.
In 1907 a consortium of trade unions and friendly societies established a chest hospital in Goddard's Green Road, Benenden for the treatment of tuberculosis. Today the hospital is an independent organisation, for most medical and surgical specialities.
Kent is renowned for the quality, choice and commitment to excellence of its educational system in both the public and private sector. Noteworthy schools in the area include Ashford, Benenden, Bethany, Cranbrook, Dulwich, Friars, Kings, Marlborough House, St Edmunds, St Ronans, Sutton Valence and Underhill to name but a few.
Commuters have the Main Line Railway Station at Staplehurst with a large Car Park. There are fast and frequent services to London Bridge/Charing Cross/Cannon St (55 mins). One can travel down line to Ashford International and beyond to the South Coast including Dover Docks. The M20 Motorway is
some 16 miles from Frame Farm, giving direct fast access to London, Ashford and the South Coast. From the M20 one can access the complete Motorway Network.
EDUCATION
Kent is renowned for the quality, choice and commitment to excellence of its educational system in both the public and private sector. Noteworthy schools in the area include Ashford, Benenden, Bethany, Cranbrook, Dulwich, Friars, Kings, Marlborough House, St Edmunds, St Ronans, Sutton Valence and Underhill to name but a few.
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