Horden, Kent

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Horden
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Post town Cranbrook
Postcode district TN17
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51°08′05″N0°30′13″E / 51.134670°N 0.503600°E / 51.134670; 0.503600 Coordinates: 51°08′05″N0°30′13″E / 51.134670°N 0.503600°E / 51.134670; 0.503600

Horden is a village in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. Her Majesty's Prison Blantyre House is located at Horden. The population is included in the civil parish of Goudhurst.

Kent County of England

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west. The county also shares borders with Essex along the estuary of the River Thames, and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais through the Channel Tunnel. The county town is Maidstone.

Civil parish Territorial designation and lowest tier of local government in England

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government, they are a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of ecclesiastical parishes which historically played a role in both civil and ecclesiastical administration; civil and religious parishes were formally split into two types in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. The unit was devised and rolled out across England in the 1860s.

Goudhurst village and civil parish in Kent, UK

Goudhurst is a village in Kent on the Weald, about 12 miles (19 km) south of Maidstone. It stands on a crossroads, where there is a large village pond. It is also in the Cranbrook School catchment area.

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