Halstead, Kent

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Halstead
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Halstead
Location within Kent
Population1,607 (2011 Census)
District
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Sevenoaks
Postcode district TN14
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51°20′N0°8′E / 51.333°N 0.133°E / 51.333; 0.133

Halstead is a village and civil parish [1] in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 4.7 miles south east of Orpington & 6.1 miles north west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with Greater London. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,607. [2]

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The name Halstead is derived from the Old English hald (refuge, shelter) and stede (site, place), meaning 'safe place' or 'place of refuge'. The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret. Halstead Community Primary School is located in the village.

Botanist and photographer Anne Atkins lived since 1841 to her death at Halstead Place, were she is buried. Author Edith Nesbit spent some of her adolescence in Halstead during the 1870s and her book The Railway Children is thought to be based on her time living in a house, Halstead Hall, whose garden is about a mile and a half from the railway line.

The parish is adjacent to Fort Halstead, a government defence research centre that is thought to have developed Britain's first atomic bomb.

Transport

Rail

The nearest National Rail station to Halstead is Knockholt, located 1.4 miles away.

Buses

Halstead is serves by London Buses routes R5 and R10 which provide connections to Orpington, Cudham and Knockholt. [3]

See also

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References

  1. "Halstead Parish" . Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. "Routes R5/R10 Timetable". Londonbusroutes.net. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

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Coordinates: 51°20′N0°8′E / 51.333°N 0.133°E / 51.333; 0.133