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Sevenoaks is a local government district[1] in west Kent, England. Its council is based in the town of Sevenoaks.

Sevenoaks
Non-metropolitan district
Sevenoaks shown within Kent
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Kent
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Sevenoaks
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Sevenoaks District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Laura Trott Gareth Johnson Tom Tugendhat
Area
• Total	142.99 sq mi (370.34 km2)
• Rank	107th (of 309)
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	120,750
• Rank	193rd (of 309)
• Density	840/sq mi (330/km2)
• Ethnicity	95.2% White 1.5% S.Asians 1.2% Black 1.2% Mixed Race
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	29UK (ONS) E07000111 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ525555
Website	www.sevenoaks.gov.uk

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Sevenoaks Urban District, Sevenoaks Rural District and part of Dartford Rural District.

Geography

The area is approximately evenly divided between buildings and infrastructure on the one hand and woodland or agricultural fields on the other. It contains the upper valley of the River Darenth and some headwaters of the River Eden.

The vast majority of the district is covered by the Metropolitan Green Belt.

In terms of districts, it borders Dartford to the north, Gravesham to the northeast, Tonbridge and Malling to the east, briefly Tunbridge Wells to the southeast. It also borders two which, equal to it, do not have borough status, the Wealden district of East Sussex to the south and the Tandridge district of Surrey to the southwest. It borders the London Boroughs of Bromley and Bexley to the northwest.

In the 2011 Census, the district had a population of 114,893.[2]

Council

Sevenoaks District Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district council
Leadership
Leader	Peter Fleming, Conservative since 10 May 2005
Structure
Seats	54
Political groups	Administration (45)   Conservatives (45) Opposition (10)   Liberal Democrats (4)   Independent (4)   Labour (1)
Elections
Last election	2 May 2019
Meeting place
Council Offices, Argyle Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 1HG
Website
https://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/

The third tier of government within the district consists of the following town and parish councils:

Elections and political control

The council consists of 54 elected councillors.[3]

As of the 2019 election and subsequent by-elections,[4] the political makeup of the council is:

Administration

  Conservative (45)

Other parties

  Liberal Democrat (4)

  Hextable Independents (2)

  Independent (2)

  Labour (1)

Audit

In 2009 the Audit Commission named Sevenoaks District Council as one of the four best-run and most efficient councils in the country.[5]

Premises

The council is based at the Council Offices on Argyle Road. The offices were built for the council on the site of a large house which had served as the offices of one of the council's predecessors, the Sevenoaks Urban District Council. The new building was formally opened on 3 March 1986.[6]

Housing and architecture

The layout of the district is dual-centred:

• A well-buffered suburban town itself, which spreads into suburban villages (St Johns, Riverhead, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks Weald).
• Swanley and smaller, equally buffered Hextable and Crockenhill within the M25 motorway.

In all areas low-rise dominates: the incidence of flats exceeding two storeys is rare.

The number of listed buildings in the district exceeds 150. This includes 16 churches listed in the highest grading in the national listing system (Grade I). Castles and English country houses of the wealthiest in society from the 16th to 18th centuries form part of this district.

Examples at Grade I include Knole House, Chartwell, Penshurst Place and Chevening House, most of which have their own produce-selling farms. Older with original stone walls are Hever Castle with its 16 acres (6.5 ha)-wooded island in a listed parkland. A folly exists at Lullingstone Castle which is a reconstruction of its gatehouse and separate modern house.[7]

See also

• List of places of worship in Sevenoaks District

References

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[de] Sevenoaks District

Sevenoaks ist ein District in der Grafschaft Kent in England. Verwaltungssitz ist Sevenoaks; weitere bedeutende Orte sind Ash-cum-Ridley, Brasted, Edenbridge, Farningham, Knockholt, Otford, Seal, Swanley und Westerham.

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- [en] Sevenoaks District

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[ru] Севенокс (район)

Севенокс (англ. Sevenoaks) — неметрополитенский район (англ. non-metropolitan district) в графстве Кент (Англия). Административный центр — город Севенокс.

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