Bean, Kent

Bean is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located 4.4 miles south east of Dartford and 5.4 miles south west of Gravesend.

Bean
Bean
Location within Kent
Population1,643 (civil parish 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ590722
Civil parish
  • Bean
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDartford
Postcode districtDA2
Dialling code01474
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament

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,[2] 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.[3]

Transport

Rail

The nearest National Rail stations to Bean are Longfield, located 2.2 miles away and Greenhithe, located 2.4 miles away.

Buses

Bean is served by Go Coach routes 474 & 475, connecting it with Bluewater.

Notes
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. Vision of Britain http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23341
  3. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (1797),by Edward Hasted. See section on the parish of Stone under Axstane Hundred


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