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Badgers Mount
Badgers Mount — village in Kent, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Knockholt · 1.1 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Badgers Mount is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 682 people. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Kent, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.3419°, 0.1450°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Badgers Mount is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, in southeast England. It is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south east of Orpington and 5.6 miles (9.0 km) north west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with Greater London.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Evidence of early settlement can be found in the surrounding countryside, where there are ancient earthworks and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Polhill. 'Badgers Mount' appears as the name of a geographical feature, east of the London-Sevenoaks road and adjacent railway tunnel, in an 1871 Ordnance Survey map. The area was sparsely populated until the 19th century arrival of the railway. The establishment of Knockholt railway station (originally 'Halstead for Knockholt') After World War I, farmland around Badgers Mount was used for residential purposes. Until 2015 Badgers Mount was part of the Shoreham parish.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.3419, 0.1450
- County
- Kent
- District
- Sevenoaks
- Parish
- Badgers Mount
- Postcode
- TN14 7AR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Population
- 682
- Nearest railway station
- Knockholt — 1.1 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q676343 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Badgers Mount (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Badgers Mount Village Sign - geograph.org.uk - 4719782.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Badgers Mount?
- Badgers Mount is in Kent, London, United Kingdom (postcode TN14 7AR), in the parish of Badgers Mount.
- Is Badgers Mount a protected site?
- Yes — Badgers Mount is part of the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Badgers Mount free to visit?
- Yes, Badgers Mount is free to enter.
- How do I get to Badgers Mount?
- The nearest railway station is Knockholt, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TN14 7AR.