Crockenhill | |
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Crockenhill | |
Location within Kent | |
Population | 1,654 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | TQ504671 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SWANLEY |
Postcode district | BR8 |
Dialling code | 01322 |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
Crockenhill is a village in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 1 mile south of Swanley and 4.5 miles north east of Orpington, adjacent to the Kent border with Greater London.
Crockenhill is from Old English hyll "hill" . "Crocken" comes from the Old English 'crundel' meaning a 'chalk-pit, quarry' with 'hyll' as a 'hill'; therefore a 'quarry on the hill'.(kentpast.co.uk) There is also a village named Crockham Hill near Westerham.
The main church in the village is the grade-II listed All Souls Church, built in 1851 by the architect Edwin Nash.[2]
Crockenhill has two Non-League football clubs: Crockenhill F.C. who play at Wested Meadow,[3] and Eltham Palace F.C. who play at Green Court Sports Club.[4] Both teams play in the Kent Invicta Football League at level 10 of the English football league system.
The nearest National Rail station is Swanley, located 1 mile away.
Crockenhill is served by Arriva Kent Thameside route 477 to Dartford via Swanley & to Orpington.
Crockenhill borders Swanley to the north and north east, Eynsford to the east and south east, Well Hill to the south, Orpington to the south west and St Mary Cray, Derry Downs and Kevington to the west and north west.