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Westerham | |
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![]() A view across Westerham Green | |
Location within Kent | |
Population | 4,498 (2021) |
OS grid reference | TQ445545 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WESTERHAM |
Postcode district | TN16 |
Dialling code | 01959 |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles east of Oxted and 6 miles west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with both Greater London and Surrey. It is recorded as early as the 9th century, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book in a Norman form, Oistreham (compare Ouistreham in Normandy, Oistreham in 1086). Hām is Old English for a village or homestead, and so Westerham means a westerly homestead. The River Darent flows through the town, and formerly powered three watermills. The total population in 2021 was 4,498.[1]