West Kingsdown
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Coordinates: 51°21′05″N 0°15′19″E / 51.351469°N 0.2552°E
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 West Kingsdown Windmill |
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 West Kingsdown
West Kingsdown shown within Kent |
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| OS grid reference | TQ575635 |
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| District | Sevenoaks |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SEVENOAKS |
| Postcode district | TN15 |
| Dialling code | 01474 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Sevenoaks |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
West Kingsdown is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the North Downs, north of Sevenoaks town, within the London Commuter Belt. Both the A20 and the M20 motorway cross the parish.
The village, because of its situation near London, has been considerably extended[citation needed] from its original situation on the main road: the newer part is mainly to the north. To the southwest of the main village are the rural housing developments of Knatts Valley and East Hill.
Beyond that extension lies the Brands Hatch motor racing circuit. There are four churches in the village: the parish church of St Edmund King and Martyr; a Baptist chapel; the Roman Catholic church of St Bernardette; and a Kings Church, established in 1996.
[edit] Crime
Notorious criminal Kenneth Noye killed a policeman in his £1million home on School Lane. Noye was under observation for laundering gold from the Brink's-Mat robbery. On 26 January 1985, surveillance officer John Fordham was cornered by Noye's three rottweilers as he watched the gangster's home. Noye later claimed he was being targeted by an underworld hitman. He stabbed Fordham 11 times, later claiming he acted in self defence. Noye was cleared of murder when the jury accepted his story.[1]
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[edit] External links
- St Edmund King and Martyr CE Church, Wet Kingsdown
- West Kingsdown Baptist Church
- King's Church, West Kingsdown
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