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Bean, Kent

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OS grid reference
  
TQ590722

Region
  
South East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Kent

Dialling code
  
01474

Civil parish
  
Bean

Country
  
England

Local time
  
Wednesday 1:30 AM

District
  
Borough of Dartford

Bean, Kent

Population
  
1,643 (civil parish 2011)

Weather
  
7°C, Wind W at 24 km/h, 73% Humidity

Bean is a village and civil parish in the borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located around three miles southeast of the town of Dartford.

Contents

Map of Bean, UK

The Area

The parish is bounded on the north by the A2 road (the Roman Watling Street), and on the other three sides by ancient woodlands. It is the most recently formed of Kent parishes, although the village itself has been recorded since at least the 13th Century. Bean was formerly part of the parish of Stone, but the boundary was such that it was connected to the rest of Stone by only a narrow neck of land at Watling Street (A2). In 1797 this part of the parish of Stone is described as having great tract of woodland which reached almost to Green Street Green, adjoining to Darenth parish. Along the northern boundary of these woods, runs the ancient Roman road to Rochester (now the A2) and not far from this road were the two small hamlets of Bean and Stonewood. On the hill above Green Street Green, among the woods, were the remains of a camp and fortifications, thrown up in ancient times, but then so overgrown with wood and rubbish, as to be impenetrable.

Transport

Bean is served by Arriva bus services 474/475 to Greenhithe via Bluewater and to Longfield. The nearest rail links to Bean are Longfield railway station or Greenhithe railway station, although Ebbsfleet International railway station, from where Southeastern high speed and Eurostar services are available, is also nearby.

References

Bean, Kent Wikipedia


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