Penshurst

Coordinates: 51°10′13″N 0°10′48″E / 51.17041°N 0.17997°E / 51.17041; 0.17997

Penshurst
Penshurst  Penshurst shown within Kent
Population	1,479
OS grid reference	TQ525435
Parish	Penshurst
District	Sevenoaks
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tonbridge
Postcode district	TN
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Tonbridge and Malling
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Penshurst is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the northern slopes of the Weald, west of Tonbridge. Within the parish boundaries are the two villages of Penshurst and Fordcombe, with a combined population of some 1,479 persons.^[1] The majority of the parish is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Penshurst village is located some five miles south of Sevenoaks in Kent, England. The village grew up around Penshurst Place. It lies between two rivers – the Medway and the Eden. There are many Tudor-looking buildings in the village, although some are Victorian. There is also a vineyard nearby.

The parish church, dedicated to St John the Baptist is one of the two churches in the civil parish.

The Leicester Arms, once part of the Penshurst Estate, was owned by Sir William Sidney, grandfather of poet and statesman Sir Philip Sidney. His other grandson, Viscount De L’isle was appointed Earl of Leicester in 1618 and it was shortly after this that The Leicester Arms, formerly known as The Porcupine, was renamed in his honour. The inn is now owned privately.

Penshurst railway station is some 2 miles to the north of the village, at the hamlet of Chiddingstone Causeway.

References

External links

• Penshurst Parish Council
• Historic images of Penshurst

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