Hucking | |
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St Margaret's Church, Hucking | |
Location within Kent | |
OS grid reference | TQ8458 |
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Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MAIDSTONE |
Postcode district | ME17 |
Dialling code | 01622 |
UK Parliament | |
Hucking is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Maidstone and 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Sittingbourne. The parish is governed by a parish meeting.
The settlement sits atop the North Downs in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) near the villages of Hollingbourne, Detling, Bicknor (where the population is included for census purposes) and Wormshill and between the main A249 and B2163 roads connecting the towns of Sittingbourne and Maidstone. The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.