Kingswood is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent

Kent

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, England

England

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 and forms part of 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 Broomfield and Kingswood

Broomfield and Kingswood

Broomfield and Kingswood is a civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. The parish lies to the east of Maidstone, south of the A20 road to Folkestone. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,545. The parish covers the villages of Broomfield and Kingswood.-External...

. The main village was constructed in the early 1960s with earlier sporadic development in both Pitt and Gravelly Bottom Roads during the 1920 and 1930's. Kingswood is situated to the south of the more ancient village of Broomfield

Broomfield, Kent

Broomfield is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent, England, and forms part of the civil parish of Broomfield and Kingswood. It lies to the east of Maidstone...

. The village has a single village shop come post office and no public house. An annual senior citizen outing is arranged by the parish council and paid for from the village precept. The woods surrounding the village has three large craters often mistakenly attributed to World War II bombs, the origin of the craters is unknown.
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