Pembury
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| Pembury | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | c.6000 |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | TQ625410 |
| Administration | |
| District: | Tunbridge Wells |
| Shire county: | Kent |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Kent |
| Historic county: | Kent |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Kent Police |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} |
| Ambulance: | South East Coast |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | Tunbridge Wells |
| Postal district: | TN2 |
| Dialling code: | 01892 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Tunbridge Wells |
| European Parliament: | South East England |
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Pembury is a large village in the county of Kent in the south-east of England, UK, with a population of around 6000. It lies just to the north of the town of Tunbridge Wells. There have been settlements in the area since at least Saxon times in the 1000s, the name 'Pembury' deriving from the Saxon 'Pepingburh' or 'Pepingeberia'. The village church is estimated to have been at least initially built in the 11th century.
The British Olympic athlete Kelly Holmes was born at Pembury Hospital.
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Ashurst • Benenden • Bidborough • Brenchley • Capel • Cranbrook • Curtisden Green • Five Oak Green • Frittenden • Goudhurst • Groombridge • Hartley • Hawkhurst • High Brooms • Horsmonden • Lamberhurst • Langton Green • Matfield • Old Groombridge • Paddock Wood • Pembury • Sandhurst • Southborough • Speldhurst • Stone Cross • Swattenden |
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| The borough of Tunbridge Wells List of places in Kent |
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