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Five Oak Green is a village near Tonbridge, Kent in the Civil Parish of Capel.

Five Oak Green
Tatlingbury Oast on Five Oak Green Road
Five Oak Green Location within Kent
Civil parish	Capel
District	Tunbridge Wells
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tonbridge
Postcode district	TN12
Dialling code	01892
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Tunbridge Wells
List of places UK England Kent 51.183930°N 0.358180°E / 51.183930; 0.358180

The village was a centre for hop growing. In the 19th century, The Rose and Crown public house was converted to a hospital to treat the many hop pickers who resided in the village and its surroundings in the late summer. The public house was renamed "The Little Hoppers' Hospital" by a London priest, Richard Wilson, who added to the house's sign "No beer sold here", so no one should have any doubt of its changed role.

The village oast house, the Moat Farm Oast, has been converted and now houses a number of businesses.

External links

Media related to Five Oak Green at Wikimedia Commons

Capel History Group website

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