Chiddingstone Causeway
Chiddingstone Causeway is a village 4 miles (6 km) west of Tonbridge in Kent, England. It is within the Sevenoaks local government district. It is in the civil parish of Chiddingstone.
Chiddingstone Causeway | |
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Cottages in Chiddingstone Causeway | |
Chiddingstone Causeway Location within Kent | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Tonbridge |
Postcode district | TN11 |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
Used for those deceased | |
Unveiled | 30 July 1922 |
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Location | near Chiddingstone Causeway |
Designed by | Professor Abercrombie |
Burials by war | |
First World War | |
TO THOSE/ WHO DIED FOR US | |
Statistics source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/16099 |
The village is served by Penshurst Station on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line with trains running hourly between London Victoria and Tonbridge via East Croydon. Connections for Gatwick Airport can be made from this service by changing at Redhill. Penshurst Airfield, which was in operation from 1916 to 1936, and again from 1940 to 1946 as RAF Penshurst, was within ΒΌ mile (400 m) of the station.
The village is also served by the 231 and 233 bus routes linking Lingfield, Edenbridge, and Tunbridge Wells via Bidborough The current service contract is run by Metrobus and there is no Sunday or Bank Holiday service.[1]
In the centre of the village is 'The Little Brown Jug'[2] public house.
St. Luke's church is a Church of England church on the Tonbridge Road, just over a hundred metres east of the pub.
There is a war memorial outside St. Luke's church.[3]
Nearest Settlements
The hamlet of Charcott is half a kilometre to the north. The pub there is the Greyhound.
References
- Metrobus 231/233 timetables http://www.metrobus.co.uk/timetables-search/
- The Little Brown Jug http://www.thelittlebrownjug.co.uk/
- "Chiddingstone Causeway". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 27 March 2021.