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Badgers Mount

Badgers Mount
Shacklands Road
Badgers Mount is located in Kent
Badgers Mount
Badgers Mount
Location within Kent
OS grid referenceTQ495625
Civil parish
  • Badgers Mount
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSEVENOAKS
Postcode districtTN14
Dialling code01959
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°20′20″N 0°08′49″E / 51.339°N 0.147°E / 51.339; 0.147

Badgers Mount is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, in southeast England. It is located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south east of Orpington and 5.6 miles (9.0 km) north west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with Greater London.

History

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Evidence of early settlement can be found in the surrounding countryside, where there are ancient earthworks and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Polhill.

'Badgers Mount' appears as the name of a geographical feature, east of the London-Sevenoaks road and adjacent railway tunnel, in an 1871 Ordnance Survey map.[1] The area was sparsely populated until the 19th century arrival of the railway.[2] The establishment of Knockholt railway station (originally 'Halstead for Knockholt')[1] in the 1860s brought more visitors to the area and spurred some suburban growth. However, the village remained a quiet agricultural community through much of the early 20th century.[3]

After World War I, farmland around Badgers Mount was used for residential purposes.[1] This shift was part of the broader suburbanisation of the area as London expanded, and the later M25 motorway brought more access to the Kent countryside.[4]

Until 2015, Badgers Mount was part of the Shoreham parish.[5][6][7]

Local area

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Badgers Mount is part of the Kent Downs AONB and includes the hamlet of Polhill. Both lie to the west of the Darent Valley Path.[8] The North Downs Way footpath and the Pilgrims' Way, an ancient route for pilgrims travelling to Canterbury, also pass to the south of the area.[9]

Transport

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Rail

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The nearest national railway station to Badgers Mount is Knockholt railway station, located 1.3 miles (2.1 km) to the northwest. Southeastern operates regular services to London and to nearby towns.

Buses

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Badgers Mount is served by Go Coach route 3, which operates on weekdays and connects the village with Orpington and Sevenoaks.[10]

Notable residents

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Badgers Mount History". BadgersMount.net. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  2. ^ R. N. Kent (1989). The History of Kent. Kent Publishing. ISBN 978-0906063335. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
  3. ^ "Badgers Mount Village History". Kent Archaeological Society. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  4. ^ Smith, John A. (2001). The Changing Landscape of Kent. Historical Press. ISBN 978-0952256557.
  5. ^ "The Sevenoks District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2014" (PDF). Lgbce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Setting up the Badgers Mount Parish Council". BadgersMount.net. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Badgers Mount Parish Council". BadgersMount.net. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Shoreham Village Guide". Visit Kent. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  9. ^ "The Pilgrims' Way". Kent Downs AONB. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Local Transport Links". Sevenoaks District Council. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  11. ^ Oldham, Steven (5 November 2022). "Badgers Mount: The exclusive Kent village near Sevenoaks home to Dizzee Rascal". KentLive. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
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