Leybourne

Leybourne
Leybourne is located in Kent
Leybourne
Leybourne
Location within Kent
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWEST MALLING
Postcode districtME19
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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Kent
51°18′15″N 0°25′21″E / 51.304120°N 0.422560°E / 51.304120; 0.422560

Leybourne is a small village and civil parish in Kent, England situated off Junction 4 of the M20 Motorway. Leybourne is adjacent to New Hythe, Larkfield and West Malling. As of 2020 Leybourne Parish had a population of 4,372.[1]

Historically, the area was extensively quarried, leaving a number of flooded gravel pits. These have recently been developed into Leybourne Lakes Country Park, and a housing development. Several of the houses on the development feature in the Channel 4 TV Series Cape Wrath. Nearby New Hythe was also home (until 2004) of Meridian's newsroom and studio for the South East. Leybourne's name is the origin of that of the French city Libourne.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Leybourne (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 19 July 2022.