Bessels Green is a village now incorporated into the built-up area of
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506, situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parishes in England, civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter South Eastern Main Line, main line railway into Lo ...
in
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
, England. It is on the north-western outskirts of Sevenoaks, in the parish of
Chevening
Chevening House () is a large country house in the parish of Chevening in Kent, England. Built between 1617 and 1630 to a design reputedly by Inigo Jones and greatly extended after 1717, it is a Grade I listed building. The surrounding gardens, ...
. A busy trunk route, the
A25, runs through the centre of the village.
Bessels Green has a village green and a public house, the King's Head. There are two churches: the Bessels Green Unitarian Meeting House (built 1716) and the Bessels Green Baptist Church (c. 1771). Three primary schools are nearby: Chevening C.E.P. Primary school, Riverhead Infants School and Amherst Junior School.
External links
Chevening Parish CouncilUnitarian Meeting HouseBessels Green Baptist ChurchThe King's Head
Sevenoaks
Villages in Kent
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