Lamberhurst is a village on the borders of Kent and East Sussex, although the parish was, at one time, in both counties. The county border was moved to allow farmers in Sussex to get a better price for their hops. Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ...

It was, before the Industrial Revolution, an important centre of the Wealden iron industry, which had been set up during Roman times. Since then it has been home to Margaret Thatcher, aquired an extensive golf course, been by-passed and played a major roll in British wine production. The Industrial Revolution was the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. ... The Wealden iron industry is the result of a combination of the natural materials being available for the making if iron. ... Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain is the term applied to the historical period when Britain was under Roman rule, usually considered AD 44 to 410. ...

The village lies in the valley of the River Teise, one of the main tributaries of the River Medway. Part of that river valley has been flooded: the resultant lake is Bewl Water. The River Medway in England flows for 112 km from Turners Hill, in West Sussex, through Tonbridge, Maidstone and Rochester in Kent, to the River Thames at Sheerness. ... Bewl Water is a reservoir in the valley of the River Teise near Lamberhurst in Kent, England. ...

Also nearby are the ruins of Bayham Abbey.

The external link gives the nearest railway station as Bells Yew Green; this is an error: it should be Frant. Confusion has arrisen becasue the station is confusingly called Frant, but located in Bells Yew Green.

External links

• Village notes
• Bayham Abbey