English Heritage sites near Borough Green Parish
OLD SOAR MANOR
2 miles from Borough Green Parish
A small but complete portion of a stone manor house built about 1290. The first floor 'solar' private chamber, with attendant chapel and garderobe, stands over a vaulted undercroft.
ST LEONARD'S TOWER
4 miles from Borough Green Parish
An early and well-preserved example of a small free-standing Norman tower keep, surviving almost to its original height.
EYNSFORD CASTLE
7 miles from Borough Green Parish
The substantial stone walls of a very early Norman 'enclosure castle', begun c.1085-7 and unusually little altered by later building works. This rare survival stands in an attractive village setting.
LULLINGSTONE ROMAN VILLA
7 miles from Borough Green Parish
Among the most outstanding Roman villa survivals in Britain, Lullingstone provides a unique all weather family day out. See fascinating Roman artifacts and enjoy a specially commissioned light show.
KIT'S COTY HOUSE AND LITTLE KIT'S COTY HOUSE
9 miles from Borough Green Parish
The remains of two megalithic 'dolmen' burial chambers. Impressive Kit's Coty has three uprights and a massive capstone: Little Kit's Coty, alias the Countless Stones, is now a jumble of sarsens.
TEMPLE MANOR
11 miles from Borough Green Parish
Part of a manor house of the Knights Templar, built in about 1240, with a fine first floor hall displaying traces of wall paintings.
Churches in Borough Green Parish
The Good Shepherd
Quarry Hill Road
Borough Green
01732 882447
https://cogsonline.co.uk/
A warm welcome is extended to everyone. We are a parish church, for the parish of Borough Green.
We have Sunday Services at 8am - Holy Communion and 10am - Parish Eucharist. The First Sunday of each month is our All Age Family Service at 10am. Check details via our website or, if you are a Borough Green resident in The Voice, a magazine published by COGS for the parish of Borough Green.
Our vicar is the Reverend Chris Turner.
All details are kept updated on our website.
We also have a Wednesday Service at 9.30 am - Morning Prayers.
We have active groups: from House Groups to Mums & toddlers, Coffee and Games afternoons, film afternoons and a Sunday School known as Quest.
Pubs in Borough Green Parish
Fox & Hounds
The Fox & Hounds began life as a beer house and was trading by 1837 or possibly earlier. It was at one time owned by the Kenward and Court brewery in Hadlow and, as the archive photo shows, later became a Charrington's tied house. It ende...
Railway
The Railway opened as an hotel in 1878, four years after the arrival of the nearby train station. In the early 20th century it was part of the tied estate of Maidstone brewer Style & Winch. The cockerel sign on the extreme right of the ol...
Red Lion
The Red Lion, another sad loss for the people of Borough Green, was located on the A25 opposite the junction with Western Road. Its history has been traced as far back as 1586. The earliest archive image suggests an association with the V...
Robin Hood Bar
A former Department store (Cloke's) converted to a pub in 2001. Currently styled as a sports bar, it has yet to establish itself as a popular local venue, despite several reincarnations. There is much potential - the re-introduction of re...
Rock
The Rock is believed to have opened as a beer house in around 1867 in what had previously been a chapel. It was so called as the building had been erected on a rocky outcrop, parts of which were visible both inside and outside the building...