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Population: 1,600Ashford: 7 milesFacilities: Primary School, Post Office, Village Shop, Pub, Mobile Library and Village Hall.
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Parish CouncilPrimary School
High Halden Football Club
High Halden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village is located on the A28 road between Ashford town 7 miles and Tenterden, 3miles north of the latter.
The public house The Chequers Inn, circa 1620, is known to have been used by smugglers and the various gangs such as the "Hawkhurst" and "Cranbrook" gangs that were active in the mid-18th century. This olde worlde pub is a family run friendly inn serving good tasty food. There is a shop called Posh Tubs for all your bathroom furniture and a large garden centre with a pet shop.
Fifty tons of oak was used to build the unusual tower and spire of the 10th–14th-century church, St Mary the Virgin, in 1470-1490. The church was restored in 1835 through funds donated by Mrs. Amy Kynaston Sutton, widow of the former vicar Evelyn Levett Sutton. The parish is recorded in the Domesday Book and parts of a Norman manor house can be seen at Tiffenden Farm.
Every Spring the Horticultural Society hold a very well supported show and the village has many activities including Football Club, Cricket Club, Youth Club, Playgroup, Brownies and Short Mat Bowls.
For commuting purposes, the nearest Mainline Station is at Pluckley (approximately 0.93 miles) with train services into Central London. Slightly further afield is Headcorn Station (approx 12.47 miles) which from a convenience point of view is close to several useful shops including a branch of Sainsbury's. In December 2009, commuters' have been promised a new high-speed train service from Ashford to London - estimated journey time to take around 37 minutes. Ashford International provides rail links to Europe: bringing Brussels and Paris within some 90 minutes journey time. The A28 will take you to Junction 9 of the M20 Motorway (approx. 6 miles away) which offers road links to the South Coast and the M25 leading to London, Lakeside, Bluewater, Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted Airport and Kent International Airport at Manston. Once the M20 has been accessed, one can connect onto the full UK Motorway Network.
Eurotunnel, accessed via Exit 11 on the M20, provides an excellent train service for motorists wishing to travel over to Calais in their cars, a journey time of approximately 35 minutes.
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, Homewood House in Tenterden, Friars, Dulwich, Kings, St Edmunds, Sutton Valence, Underhill, St Ronan's, Marlborough House, Benenden and Cranbrook School to name but a few.
EDUCATION
High Halden C of E Primary School
Homewood Secondary School and Sixth Form College, Tenterden
Ashford School, Independent
The Norton Natchbull School, Boys Grammar, Ashford
Highworth Grammar School for Girls, Ashford
High Halden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village is located on the A28 road between Ashford town 7 miles and Tenterden, 3miles north of the latter.
The public house The Chequers Inn, circa 1620, is known to have been used by smugglers and the various gangs such as the "Hawkhurst" and "Cranbrook" gangs that were active in the mid-18th century. This olde worlde pub is a family run friendly inn serving good tasty food. There is a shop called Posh Tubs for all your bathroom furniture and a large garden centre with a pet shop.
Fifty tons of oak was used to build the unusual tower and spire of the 10th–14th-century church, St Mary the Virgin, in 1470-1490. The church was restored in 1835 through funds donated by Mrs. Amy Kynaston Sutton, widow of the former vicar Evelyn Levett Sutton. The parish is recorded in the Domesday Book and parts of a Norman manor house can be seen at Tiffenden Farm.
Every Spring the Horticultural Society hold a very well supported show and the village has many activities including Football Club, Cricket Club, Youth Club, Playgroup, Brownies and Short Mat Bowls.
For commuting purposes, the nearest Mainline Station is at Pluckley (approximately 0.93 miles) with train services into Central London. Slightly further afield is Headcorn Station (approx 12.47 miles) which from a convenience point of view is close to several useful shops including a branch of Sainsbury's. In December 2009, commuters' have been promised a new high-speed train service from Ashford to London - estimated journey time to take around 37 minutes. Ashford International provides rail links to Europe: bringing Brussels and Paris within some 90 minutes journey time. The A28 will take you to Junction 9 of the M20 Motorway (approx. 6 miles away) which offers road links to the South Coast and the M25 leading to London, Lakeside, Bluewater, Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted Airport and Kent International Airport at Manston. Once the M20 has been accessed, one can connect onto the full UK Motorway Network.
Eurotunnel, accessed via Exit 11 on the M20, provides an excellent train service for motorists wishing to travel over to Calais in their cars, a journey time of approximately 35 minutes.
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, Homewood House in Tenterden, Friars, Dulwich, Kings, St Edmunds, Sutton Valence, Underhill, St Ronan's, Marlborough House, Benenden and Cranbrook School to name but a few.
EDUCATION
High Halden C of E Primary School
Homewood Secondary School and Sixth Form College, Tenterden
Ashford School, Independent
The Norton Natchbull School, Boys Grammar, Ashford
Highworth Grammar School for Girls, Ashford
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