Staplehurst is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Maidstone, in Kent, England. It sits in a patchwork of farmland and woodland in the Kent Weald, with the meandering River Beult and its wet meadows nearby, giving the area a strong rural character and interest for wildlife and walking.
Today it combines a village centre of shops, pubs and community groups with a commuter role thanks to a local railway station and regular trains into London. Staplehurst also has a long history visible in its medieval parish church and older buildings, and it is known for the 1865 rail crash that famously involved Charles Dickens - an event that has left a mark on local memory.
Postcode districts covering Staplehurst
Most populated places nearby
- Hastings 20.1 miles
- Maidstone 7.4 miles
- Gillingham 14.4 miles
- Grays 24 miles
- Chatham 13.5 miles
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 12.3 miles
- Ashford 14.2 miles
- Dartford 24.1 miles
- Canterbury 24.6 miles
- Gravesend 19.4 miles
- Sittingbourne 15.2 miles
- Bexhill-on-Sea 22.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Marden Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Frittenden Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Cranbrook Common Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Headcorn Built-up area 3.4 miles
- Curtisden Green Built-up area 3.6 miles
- Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton Ward 3.6 miles
- Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden Ward 3.8 miles
- Sissinghurst Built-up area 3.8 miles
- Sutton Valence Built-up area 3.8 miles
- East Sutton Parish 4 miles
- Chainhurst Built-up area 4.1 miles
- Linton Parish 4.1 miles
Example postcodes in Staplehurst
TN12 0SU, TN12 0QG, TN12 0BP, TN12 0NH, TN12 0QR, TN12 0NJ, TN12 0EH, TN12 0AA, TN12 0NX … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 28.7 miles
- London Gatwick Airport 31.5 miles
- Staplehurst Railway Station 0.4 miles
- Marden Railway Station 2.5 miles
Hotels near Staplehurst Ad
- Weald of Kent Golf Course and Hotel 3 2.9 miles
- The Potting Shed Maidstone 5 miles
- Winemaker's Pub 4 4.9 miles
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 4.8 miles
- The George Hotel 3 4.8 miles
- Who'd A Thought It 4 5.9 miles
- The Star And Eagle Hotel 4 5.3 miles
- The Tickled Trout 4 7 miles
- Days Inn by Wyndham Maidstone 3 7.5 miles
- Orida Maidstone 4 8.2 miles
Schools in Staplehurst
- Staplehurst School Primary
Local points of interest
- Boughton Place Estate 3.6 miles
- Yalding Gardens Gardens 6.2 miles
- Hale Wood Forest 7.1 miles
- Pulans Wood Forest 7.1 miles
- Minepit Wood Forest 7.1 miles
- Hayden Wood Forest 7.4 miles
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 7.6 miles
- University for the Creative Arts - Maidstone University 7.6 miles
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 7.8 miles
- Parsonage Wood Forest 7.9 miles
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 8.1 miles
- Boxley Abbey Historic site 9.3 miles