Warehorne

Warehorne
File:St Matthew, Warehorne (south side) - geograph.org.uk - 935442.jpg St Matthew's church
Warehorne  Warehorne shown within Kent
Area	10.66 km2 (4.12 sq mi)
Population	370 (2011)(Civil Parish)
– density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ986329
Civil parish	Warehorne
District	Ashford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ashford
Postcode district	TN26
Dialling code	01233
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Ashford
List of places UK England Kent

Warehorne is a village and civil parish in the south of the Ashford Borough of Kent, England. It is a scattered community centred on the Hamstreet to Tenterden road (B2067) around seven miles SSW of Ashford. The Royal Military Canal passes through the south of the civil parish.

Geography

The settlement is in four main parts:

• The main part of Warehorne is near the central village green.

• The grade I listed St Matthew's Church and The Woolpack Inn are linked by a tunnel built by smugglers.

• A second part of the village is known as the Leacon. This is sited at the crossroads on the B2067 and contains the former schoolhouse and now abandoned cricket field.

• The remainder of mostly forested Warehorne (one third of the area and all in the northern half) contains the World's Wonder pub and borders on the village of Kenardington.

• Part of the larger village of Hamstreet falls within Warehorne's parish boundaries, enabling the village to have sufficient population to retain its own civil parish council. The Saxon Shore Way links Warehorne with Hamstreet where the nearest shops and railway station can be found.

External links

• Parish church
• Statistical civil parish overview - map