Newingreen is a village near

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a coastal town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour, shipping port, and fashionable coastal res ...

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 situated on the junction of the A20 and the historic Stone Street between

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and

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. The village is near Junction 11 of the M20. It is in the

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Transport

Rail

The railway station at Westenhanger is just over half a mile away from the village centre, offering direct links to

London Charing Cross Charing Cross railway station (also known as London Charing Cross) is a London station group, central London railway terminus between the Strand, London, Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the South ...

via

Tonbridge Tonbridge ( ) (historic spelling ''Tunbridge'') is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west of Maidstone and south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Mall ...

. Until 2020, passengers were able to change at Ashford International for services to Paris Gare du Nord (with a typical total journey time of a little over an hour off peak during the week), but, as Eurostar trains no longer stop at Ashford, it is now necessary to travel up to London St Pancras International.

Bus

The route 10 bus operated by

Stagecoach A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, ) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by ...

East Kent passes through the village between

and Ashford, typically with an hourly service.

Coach

The National Express service SH021 offers a direct link to London Victoria coach station and

Dover Dover ( ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, southeast England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. ...

from designated stops either side of the A20 in the village centre. The route passes through Ashford and

Maidstone Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, l ...

on the way towards London, and through Folkestone coastbound.

External links

Villages in Kent {{kent-geo-stub