Shoreham, Kent

Shoreham
Crown Road
Shoreham is located in Kent
Shoreham
Shoreham
Location within Kent
Population2,041 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ515615
Civil parish
  • Shoreham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSevenoaks
Postcode districtTN14
Dialling code01959
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
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51°19′57″N 0°10′24″E / 51.33242°N 0.17329°E / 51.33242; 0.17329

Shoreham is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 5.2 miles north of Sevenoaks.

The probable derivation of the name is estate at the foot of a steep slope. Steep slope was from the Saxon word scor. pronounced shor, but written sore by Norman scribes.

The village of Shoreham contains three traditional independent pubs: The Samuel Palmer (formally Ye Olde George Inn), The King's Arms and the Crown; with The Rising Sun in nearby Twitton.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 September 2016.