Crouch is a hamlet in the Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks (district)

Sevenoaks is a local government district covering the western most part of Kent in England. Its council is based in the town of Sevenoaks. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Sevenoaks Urban District, Sevenoaks Rural District and part of Dartford...

 District, in the English county of Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

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Location

It is near the large town of Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks is a commuter town situated on the London fringe of west Kent, England, some 20 miles south-east of Charing Cross, on one of the principal commuter rail lines from the capital...

, the villages of Borough Green

Borough Green

Borough Green is a large village and civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling District of Kent, England. The main village is situated on the A25 road between Maidstone and Sevenoaks in Kent.-History:...

 (where the A-Z map company is based), St Mary's Platt (or just Platt

Platt, Kent

Platt, or St. Mary's Platt is a village in the local government district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The village contains a church which was built in 1843 and which stands on a hill overlooking the village centre. The architects were Whichcord and Walker of Maidstone.The hamlet of...

) and the hamlets of Comp

Comp, Kent

Comp is a hamlet in the Sevenoaks District, in the English county of Kent.- Location :It is near the town of Sevenoaks, the villages of Borough Green , St Mary's Platt , Wrotham Heath and the hamlet of Crouch...

, Claygate Cross

Claygate Cross

Claygate Cross is a hamlet in the Sevenoaks District, in the English county of Kent.- Location :It is near the River Bourne. Nearby settlements include the large town of Sevenoaks, the villages of Borough Green and Ightham, and the hamlets of Claygate, Basted, Sheet Hill and Crouch.- References :*...

 and Basted

Basted, Kent

-Roads:* A-roads: A20, A25, A227* Motorways: M20, M25, M26...

. It is near the Mereworth Woods, and the River Bourne

River Bourne

River Bourne may refer to:* the River Bourne, Dorset, a river in Dorset that gives its name to Bournemouth* the River Bourne, Wiltshire, a tributary of the River Avon in the English county of Wiltshire...

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Transport

For transport there is the A227 road

A227 road

The A227 road in England runs from Gravesend in Kent in a generally south-south-westerly direction to Tonbridge. It is about in length.-Overview:...

, the A20 and M26

M26 motorway

The M26 is a motorway in Kent, England. It provides a short link between the M25/A21 at Sevenoaks and the M20 near Wrotham.-Route:The motorway starts at junction 3 of the M20 and heads west, encountering almost immediately the single junction along its length where it has an interchange with the A20...

, M20

M20 motorway

The M20 is a motorway in Kent, England. It runs from the M25 motorway to Folkestone, providing a link to the Channel Tunnel and the ports at Dover. It is long...

 and M25

M25 motorway

The M25 motorway, or London Orbital, is a orbital motorway that almost encircles Greater London, England, in the United Kingdom. The motorway was first mooted early in the 20th century. A few sections, based on the now abandoned London Ringways plan, were constructed in the early 1970s and it ...

 motorways. On the main road through the village, many detached houses can be found, including the infamous Navarrica, once suspected of housing a Proboscis Monkey

Proboscis Monkey

The proboscis monkey or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Malay, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that is endemic to the south-east Asian island of Borneo...

. These accusations were soon discovered to be false.