Brabourne Lees is a village in the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Brabourne

Brabourne

Brabourne is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, England. The village centre is just under five miles east of Ashford town centre.The centre of the modern village of Brabourne is the Five Bells pub, which overlooks the village green...

, within the Ashford

Ashford (borough)

Ashford is a local government district and borough in Kent, England. Its council is based in the town of Ashford.The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Tenterden with Ashford urban district, and the East Ashford, West Ashford and Tenterden Rural Districts...

 borough of Kent

Kent

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 in southeast England

England

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. The village (centre) is just under 5 miles (8 km) east of Ashford

Ashford, Kent

Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. In 2005 it was voted the fourth best place to live in the United Kingdom. It lies on the Great Stour river, the M20 motorway, and the South Eastern Main Line and High Speed 1 railways. Its agricultural market is one of the most...

 town centre itself geographically. By road this is a journey of about 6 miles (10 km).

The village was built on former pasture land ("lees") at the foot of the North Downs. Brabourne Baptist Church is at the junction of Calland and Plain Road; there is also a Zion Strict Baptist

Baptist

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 Chapel to the northeast of the village, on Canterbury Road.

See also

• Smeeth
  Smeeth
  Smeeth is a village and civil parish, with a population of 846, adjacent to the parish of Brabourne, 5 miles from Ashford in Kent, South East England. It is a small village near Mersham Hatch Park on the A20 road from Ashford to Folkestone.The church of St...
  
   - village immediately to the south
• Lilyvale, Kent
  Lilyvale, Kent
  Lilyvale is a hamlet in the English county of Kent.It is located north of the A20 road south east of the town of Ashford near the village of Smeeth.- External links :...
  
  - hamlet to the east