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Chiddingstone | |
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Chiddingstone Post Office | |
Location within Kent | |
Population | 1,250 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | TQ495455 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Edenbridge |
Postcode district | TN8 |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
Chiddingstone is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England.[2] The parish is located on the River Eden between Tonbridge and Edenbridge. The villages of Chiddingstone Causeway and Bough Beech and the hamlet Chiddingstone Hoath are also included in the parish.[3]
Chiddingstone is unique in that, apart from the church and Chiddingstone Castle, the entire village is owned by the National Trust, which describes it as "the best example of a Tudor village left in the country".[4] It is an example of a Tudor one-street village.[5]