Kingswood, Kent

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51°13′31″N 0°38′08″E / 51.225286°N 0.635555°E / 51.225286; 0.635555

Kingswood is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent, England and forms part of the civil parish of Broomfield and Kingswood.[1][2]

The main village was constructed in the early 1960s, after earlier sporadic development in both Pitt and Gravelly Bottom Roads on land given to soldiers returning from WW1.[citation needed] Kingswood is situated to the south of the more ancient village of Broomfield. The village has a single village shop/post office but no public house. An annual senior citizen outing is arranged by the parish council and paid for from the village precept.

The woods surrounding the village has three large craters often mistakenly attributed to World War II bombs; the origin of the craters is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 188 Maidstone & Royal Tunbridge Wells (Sevenoaks & Tonbridge) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319228814.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

External links

  • Broomfield and Kingswood Parish Council Archived 11 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  • Kingswood& Broomfield Village Hall

Media related to Kingswood, Kent at Wikimedia Commons

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Broomfield and Kingswood
Locations in the parish of
Broomfield and Kingswood
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Italics denotes building partly in Broomfield with Kingswood parish
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Towns and villages in the Maidstone borough of Kent, England


51°13′39″N 0°37′56″E / 51.22747°N 0.63223°E / 51.22747; 0.63223


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