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Colliers Green
Park Farm Oast, Colliers Green Road, Colliers Green, near Cranbrook, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 565478.jpg
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Colliers Green
Location within Kent
Civil parish
  • Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Cranbrook
Postcode district TN17
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51°07′13″N0°30′45″E / 51.120350°N 0.512430°E / 51.120350; 0.512430

Colliers Green is a village near Cranbrook in Kent, England.

Colliers Green School, a Church of England primary school, is located at the centre of the village. [1]

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References

  1. http://www.colliers-green.kent.sch.uk/ Colliers Green School website

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