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Vol. ISaturday, 31 October 2026ME14 4EG

Maidstone · South East

ME14 4EG

Maidstone

Church of the Holy Cross, listed at Grade I, stands about 250 m from ME14 4EG.

MAIDSTONE, 30 October 2026. Compiled from 8 public registers. Last revised 30 October 2026.

Church Lane, Bearsted
Church Lane, Bearsted. Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The postcode ME14 4EG is in the civil parish of Bearsted, in the county of Kent, England.1 Bearsted is described as a village and civil parish with a railway station in mid-Kent, two miles (3.2 km) east of Maidstone town centre.2 Maybank, within 25 m of the postcode, is a Grade II listed building.3

Corner Cottage Hazel Cottage stands 30 m south-east, Bell House 50 m north and Eylesden Court Preparatory School 60 m east, each a Grade II listed building.456

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Notable residents

No register we consulted has anything on this yet.

Landmarks and architecture

The Church of the Holy Cross, 260 m south, is a Grade I listed building, first listed on 23 May 1967.7 Holy Cross is a parish church of the Church of England in Bearsted, and its construction began in the 13th century.8 Maybank, within 25 m, is a Grade II listed building, National Heritage List entry 1086259, first listed on 23 May 1967.93

Bell House, 50 m north, is a Grade II listed house, first listed on 25 July 1952.105 Corner Cottage Hazel Cottage, 30 m south-east, is a Grade II listed building, first listed on 20 July 1984.11 Bearsted railway station, 400 m north, is operated by Southeastern, and a new footbridge was built on the opposite side of the station in 2011.12

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Listed buildings within 600 m

Name in the registerGradeDistance
CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS List entry 1086253 I 261 m
MAYBANK List entry 1086259 II 1 m
CORNER COTTAGE HAZEL COTTAGE List entry 1086258 II 34 m
BELL HOUSE List entry 1185244 II 51 m
Bearsted House List entry 1336249 II 66 m
MOTE HALL OAST AND HOP KILN OAST THE OASTS List entry 1086261 II 139 m
BLACK HORSE OAST AND BRYONY OAST THE OASTS List entry 1185218 II 153 m
BEARSTED COTTAGE List entry 1086262 II 156 m
SNOWFIELD COTTAGE List entry 1185278 II 185 m
FORGE COTTAGES List entry 1185346 II 195 m
THE OLD BAKERY List entry 1185400 II 198 m
CRISFIELD HOUSE List entry 1086265 II 199 m
THE LIMES List entry 1086264 II 208 m
OLDE MANOR COTTAGES THE OLD MANOR HOUSE List entry 1336251 II 209 m
HOLLY HOUSE List entry 1336254 II 216 m
April Cottage and Old Timbers List entry 1086263 II 219 m
COLEGATE DRIVE NO 1 List entry 1299731 II 221 m
Baxter's Cottage, Eden Cottage and Oak Apple Cottage List entry 1185389 II 223 m
THE WHITE HORSE List entry 1336250 II 229 m
IVY HOUSE List entry 1299725 II 234 m
WAR MEMORIAL NORTH WEST OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS List entry 1086256 II 242 m
K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK List entry 1254138 II 252 m
TABLE TOMB 2 YARDS SOUTH EAST OF PORCH OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS List entry 1336248 II 269 m
TABLE TOMB PACKMAN FAMILY 1 YARD EAST OF VESTRY OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS List entry 1086255 II 272 m
TABLE TOMB OF DUCKELBERY FAMILY IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF VESTRY OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS List entry 1086254 II 277 m
LITTLE SNOWFIELD List entry 1393851 II 302 m
MOTE HOUSE List entry 1086257 II 303 m
GARDEN HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 15 YARDS NORTH OF SNOWFIELD List entry 1185453 II 316 m
SNOWFIELD List entry 1086270 II 324 m
HILL HOUSE List entry 1086171 II 326 m
BEARSTED RAILWAY STATION List entry 1396394 II 388 m
WEIGHBRIDGE HOUSE AT BEARSTED RAILWAY STATION AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES List entry 1396393 II 406 m
CROSS KEYS COTTAGE CROSS KEYS COTTAGES List entry 1086269 II 437 m
FORMER GOODS SHED AT BEARSTED RAILWAY STATION List entry 1396392 II 437 m
ROSE COTTAGES List entry 1320036 II 498 m
GORE COTTAGE List entry 1336247 II 520 m
30-36, WARE STREET List entry 1086172 II 521 m
SUTTON HOUSE AND BARN ADJOINING List entry 1185436 II 574 m
THE OLD COTTAGE List entry 1336255 II 589 m

Source: Historic England, National Heritage List for England. Names as the register gives them.

Further reading on Wikipedia

Article titles and links from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Landmarks on Wikidata

Data from Wikidata (CC0).

House style

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Then and now

The stone arch of Holy Cross Church is partially Saxon, embedded with later work.2 Holy Cross Church has an inception date in the 13th century and is a Grade I listed building.132 Buildings which give The Green its historical character were built from the 15th to 17th centuries.2

Bearsted station opened on 1 July 1884 as part of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's extension of the line from Maidstone to Ashford West.12 Freight facilities at the station were withdrawn on 7 October 1968, and the signal box closed on 14 April 1984.12

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Questions about ME14 4EG

Each answer is computed from the public registers, and its footnotes link to the source.

  1. Which is the highest-graded listed building near ME14 4EG?

    Church of the Holy Cross, Grade I, about 260 m away (list entry 1086253).7

    2.5% of England's 379,683 list entries are Grade I.14

    Did you know? Church of the Holy Cross, listed at Grade I, stands about 260 m from ME14 4EG.

  2. What is the oldest dated picture near ME14 4EG on Wikimedia Commons?

    Bearsted village green, dated 8 September 1998 on Commons, by Stephen Craven (CC BY-SA 2.0), about 210 m away.15

    It is the oldest dated file among the 50 nearest.

    Did you know? The oldest dated picture near ME14 4EG on Wikimedia Commons is from 1998.

  3. What is the largest school near ME14 4EG?

    Roseacre Junior School, with 424 pupils on the Department for Education's register, about 660 m away.16

    Did you know? The largest school near ME14 4EG is Roseacre Junior School, with 424 pupils.

  4. When was the first building near ME14 4EG listed?

    Bell House was the first to be listed, on 25 July 1952 (list entry 1185244).10

    Did you know? The first building near ME14 4EG to be listed was Bell House, in 1952.

Map

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Prices

HM Land Registry has no sales recorded in ME14 4EG since 1995.

Schools

Open schools within 1 km, nearest first, from Get Information about Schools. Each links to its entry in that register and to its Ofsted reports.

SchoolPhase and typeDistanceReports
Thurnham Church of England Infant School Ages 5 to 7 Primary, Voluntary controlled school 612 m Ofsted
Roseacre Junior School Ages 7 to 11 Primary, Foundation school 662 m Ofsted

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools.

Recorded crime

In August 2026, 42 crimes and incidents were recorded by the police within about a mile of ME14 4EG. The largest categories were anti-social behaviour (14), violence and sexual offences (14) and criminal damage and arson (4).

All 9 categories
CategoryRecords
Anti-social behaviour14
Violence and sexual offences14
Criminal damage and arson4
Other theft4
Shoplifting2
Burglary1
Drugs1
Other crime1
Public order1

Locations are approximate: police.uk places each record at a nearby anonymous point, so these figures describe the streets around this place as a whole.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: data.police.uk.

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