Ash-cum-Ridley

Ash-cum-Ridley
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Ash
Ash-cum-Ridley
Location within Kent
Population6,641 (2011 census)
Civil parish
  • Ash-cum-Ridley
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast

Ash-cum-Ridley is a civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 7,070, reducing to 6,641 at the 2011 Census.[1]

The parish includes four main settlements:

  • Ash is a small village including the London Golf Club.
  • New Ash Green, a planned settlement
  • Hodsoll Street is a hamlet including the former Green Man pub which was destroyed by fire in 2021
  • Ridley, another small village.

New Street is another hamlet, east of Ridley and north of Hodsoll Street; OS grid reference TQ6264.

Ash and Ridley were formerly separate parishes. Both were part of Dartford Rural District and Axstane Hundred.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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