Towns & cities · South East England
Orlestone
Orlestone — village and civil parish in Kent, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Ham Street · 0.6 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Orlestone is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. It covers approximately 8 km². Recent population estimates put it at around 1,281 people. Address: TN26. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Kent, UK". Coordinates: 51.0656°, 0.8626°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Ham Street Woods SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: HAM STREET WOODS
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Orlestone () is a mid-sized civil parish in Ashford District, Kent, England, with a population of 1,593. The centre of the parish is Hamstreet village which falls almost entirely within it but has a small fraction in the parish of Warehorne. The civil parish here reflects the very longstanding dominance of Orlestreet as its ecclesiastical parish boundary and provides a third alternative to most residents of Hamstreet to their village name, other than 'Ham Street'. Hamstreet is bypassed by the A2070 road, six miles south of Ashford.
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Background
Description
Most of the population live in a cross-civil parish settlement at the middle and edge of Orlestone, which is Hamstreet. Orlestone itself is a small hamlet with a typical short street number of houses and the medieval parish church of St Mary the Virgin, parts of which date to the 11th century. Much of the population moved to Hamstreet (originally known as Ham) when the Ashford to Hastings railway opened in 1853; there was also a better source of water at the newer place. Eponymous places in the civil parish are Orlestone Forest, and buildings such as Orlestone Grange and Orlestone Riding Centre (near Shadoxhurst). Also a neighbourhood of Hamstreet built in 2006 has been named Orlestone…
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- Coordinates
- 51.0656, 0.8626
- County
- Kent
- District
- Ashford
- Parish
- Orlestone
- Postcode
- TN26
- Parliamentary constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Population
- 1,281
- Nearest railway station
- Ham Street — 0.6 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q690486 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Orlestone (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Mary the Virgin church, Orlestone, Kent, UK.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Orlestone?
- Orlestone is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TN26), in the parish of Orlestone.
- Is Orlestone a protected site?
- Yes — Orlestone is part of the Ham Street Woods SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the HAM STREET WOODS National Nature Reserve.
- Is Orlestone free to visit?
- Yes, Orlestone is free to enter.
- How do I get to Orlestone?
- The nearest railway station is Ham Street, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TN26.