Hollingbourne

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Hollingbourne is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the southward slope of the North Downs to the east of the county town, Maidstone. The parish population is almost 1000 persons.

The village is four miles (6.4km) from Maidstone. Its church is dedicated to All Saints. Within the church are many monuments to the Culpeper family, who have lived in the village for many generations.

Hollingbourne railway station, on the Maidstone-Ashford line, serves the village.

Having suffered the construction of the M20 motorway and the High Speed 1 rail link in recent years (both of which run immediately adjacent to the historic village), residents in 2007 joined forces with the neighbouring village of Bearsted, in voicing their objections to the proposed Kent International Gateway development.

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Coordinates: 51°15′N, 0°39′E