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Langton Green is a village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, England, lying around two miles west of the town centre along the A264. It is located within the parish of Speldhurst although it has its own church on the village green—the Grade II*-listed All Saints, built in 1862–63 by George Gilbert Scott.[1] There is also a village primary school, Langton Green CP School, and The Hare public house.

Langton Green
Langton Green Location within Kent
OS grid reference	TQ545395
District	Tunbridge Wells
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tunbridge Wells
Postcode district	TN3
Dialling code	01892
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Tunbridge Wells
List of places UK England Kent 51.1339°N 0.2068°E / 51.1339; 0.2068

The village is considered to be affluent and is represented locally by Conservative councillors. There is a private school called Holmewood House located in the village and the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Condon used to live there until 2018.

The table-top football game, Subbuteo, was invented and produced for many years in Langton Green.[2]

Langton Green has a primary school, a local sport association and a popular, modern village hall.

Notable people

• Allinson Chapman (1892–1982), first-class cricketer
• Emma Louisa Turner (1867–1940) pioneering photographer and ornithologist.

References

External links

• Post Office closures: Death of the village in The Independent

Media related to Langton Green at Wikimedia Commons

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