Crockenhill

Coordinates: 51°22′59″N 0°09′43″E / 51.383°N 0.162°E / 51.383; 0.162
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Not to be confused with Crockham Hill.

Crockenhill
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSWANLEY
Postcode districtBR8
Dialling code01322
PoliceKent
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51°22′59″N 0°09′43″E / 51.383°N 0.162°E / 51.383; 0.162

Crockenhill is a village in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 1 mile south of Swanley and 4.5 miles north east of Orpington, adjacent to the Kent border with Greater London.

Etymology

Crockenhill is from

Old English hyll "hill" . "Crocken" comes from the Old English 'crundel' meaning a 'chalk-pit, quarry' with 'hyll' as a 'hill'; therefore a 'quarry on the hill'.(kentpast.co.uk) There is also a village named Crockham Hill near Westerham
.

Buildings

All Souls Church, Crockenhill

The main church in the village is the grade-II listed All Souls Church, built in 1851 by the architect Edwin Nash.[2]

Sport and leisure

Crockenhill has two Non-League football clubs: Crockenhill F.C. who play at Wested Meadow,[3] and Eltham Palace F.C. who play at Green Court Sports Club.[4] Both teams play in the Kent Invicta Football League at level 10 of the English football league system.

Transport

Rail

The nearest

Swanley
, located 1 mile away.

Buses

Crockenhill is served by Arriva Kent Thameside route 477 to Dartford via Swanley & to Orpington.

Nearby areas

The Chequers pub in Crockenhill

Crockenhill borders Swanley to the north and north east, Eynsford to the east and south east, Well Hill to the south, Orpington to the south west and St Mary Cray, Derry Downs and Kevington to the west and north west.

See also

  • List of places of worship in Sevenoaks (district)

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. Historic. Archived
    from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ Pyramid Passion feature on Wested Meadow
  4. ^ Eltham Palace official website – Home Accessed 20 June 2012

Further reading

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