Conservation Area - Newenden

Asset Name: CA-33

Designated Date: 11/04/1996

Description: Newenden is on the very edge of Ashford Borough and indeed is a village virtually situated on the border between Kent and East Sussex. The Village stands on a ridge of high ground on the Kent side of the River Rother. The river itself has played a significant part in the development of the village and as late as 1349 the Rother was still navigable for sea going ships. The village lies with the designated High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the CA also falls within the designated Special Landscape Area (Kent Countryside Plan and Kent Structure Plan). The CA itself is relatively tightly drawn around the main nucleus of the village which surrounds the crossroads of Lossenham Lane and the A28 Rye Road as well as the entrances to the crossroad from both a noth-westerly and southern direction. There are relatively few Listed Buildings within the CA. Most of the character comes from changes to topography, the abundance of mature vegetation and the historic core of the village around the crossroads area.

View the Newenden Conservation Area Assessment Officer Report [pdf] 340KB.