Chainhurst

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title: "Chainhurst" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-kent"] description: "Village in Kent, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-kent" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainhurst" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Kent, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Chainhurst
static_image	Hunton Road, Chainhurst - geograph.org.uk - 5494610.jpg
static_image_caption	Hunton Road
coordinates
shire_district	Maidstone
shire_county	Kent
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Weald of Kent
post_town	Tonbridge
postcode_district	TN12
postcode_area	TN
dial_code	01622
civil_parish	Marden
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| country = England | official_name = Chainhurst | static_image = Hunton Road, Chainhurst - geograph.org.uk - 5494610.jpg | static_image_caption = Hunton Road | coordinates = | population = | shire_district = Maidstone | shire_county = Kent | region = South East England | constituency_westminster = Weald of Kent | post_town = Tonbridge | postcode_district = TN12 | postcode_area = TN | dial_code = 01622 | os_grid_reference = | civil_parish = Marden

Chainhurst is a wealden village in Kent, England, and is part of Marden civil parish and Maidstone District. It is about 2 miles north of Marden, below Bidborough Ridge, and south of the River Beult floodplain.

Landmarks

Chainhurst Farmhouse is grade II* listed and parts of it date back to the 16th century.

Economy

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Reed_Court_Oast_^_Flanders_Oast,_Hunton_Road,_Chainhurst,Kent-geograph.org.uk-_2369793.jpg" caption="Oast houses, Chainhurst"] ::

Historically, Chainhurst's predominant employment was in agriculture.

Farmland near Chainhurst is used for orchards and arable crops. There were extensive hop gardens with several former oast houses surviving. The Hopper huts south of the bridge over the River Beult accommodated seasonal workers for the annual hop harvest.

Many residents now commute to work in London or elsewhere.

Cyclo-cross

Since about 2000, Reed Court Farm has been a Cyclo-Cross venue in the sport's London and South East League.

References

References

1. "Location of Weald of Kent".
2. (2017). "Marden Surface Water Management Plan". JBA Consulting.
3. (2014). "Landranger map sheet 188 - Maidstone & Royal Tunbridge Wells (Sevenoaks & Tonbridge)". Ordnance Survey.
4. "CHAINHURST FARMHOUSE, Marden - 1060663".
5. "Hop Pickers".
6. "The River Beult".
7. "Oast Houses".
8. "Places & Artefacts".
9. (14 March 2018). "Reed Court Farm, Chainshurst, Kent".

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