Borough Green
| Borough Green | |
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 Borough Green & Wrotham railway station |
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 Borough Green
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| Borough Green shown within Kent | |
| Population | 4,554 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | TQ605575 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SEVENOAKS |
| Postcode district | TN15 |
| Dialling code | 01732 88 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
Borough Green is a large village and civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, England. The main village is situated on the A25 road between Maidstone and Sevenoaks in Kent.
The village's name describes what it originally was – the green to which the people of what was then the borough of Wrotham went for recreation. There is also a view that "borough", which predates any borough council in the area, relates to barrow, possibly referring to the Roman remains near the station site. Its location at a crossroads (the old route from Gravesend to Hastings crossed here) meant that inns were gradually opened:
Great Comp, an early 17th-century house, is located in the parish of St Mary's Platt, one mile to the east of the village. Its gardens, administered by a charitable trust, are open to the public.
The London, Chatham and Dover Railway opened its line to Maidstone on 1 June 1874, and a station named Wrotham and Borough Green was built. Later the names were reversed to Borough Green and Wrotham, in line with the position of the station within Borough Green, and the fact that Borough Green had outgrown Wrotham.
The River Bourne flows through the southern part of the parish. It once powered a paper mill at Basted.
Potters Football Club of the Sevenoaks & District Premier Division is the village's foremost sports team. Potters FC currently operates one men's team, although it has close ties with Borough Green Junior Football Club, who runs teams from U7s through to U18s. Potters FC was founded in 2007 by the lifelong village resident and current manager, Henry Willard. It plays home games at its original ground of Potters Mede, on the A227 main road on the border of Borough Green and Wrotham. The club's home strip is white shirts/black shorts/black socks, whilst its away strip is dark blue and black striped shirts/black shorts/black socks.
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