Hucking

Also known as Hucking, Kent

Hucking is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. It is located north-east of Maidstone and south-west of Sittingbourne. The parish is governed by a parish meeting.

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Place details

Locality: Maidstone
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Hucking
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.static_image_name: St Margaret's Church, Hucking - geograph.org.uk - 5104.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St Margaret's Church, Hucking
UK place.os_grid_reference: TQ8458
UK place.post_town: MAIDSTONE
UK place.postcode_area: ME
UK place.postcode_district: ME17
UK place.dial_code: 01622
UK place.constituency_westminster: Faversham and Mid Kent
UK place.civil_parish: Hucking
UK place.shire_district: Maidstone
UK place.shire_county: Kent
UK place.hide_services: Yes

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Wikidata facts

Population: 132
Image: St Margaret's Church, Hucking - geograph.org.uk - 5104.jpg
Dialing code: 01622

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OS grid reference: TQ8458
postal code: ME17
Commons category: Hucking
P8168: Ivan Petrov

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The settlement sits atop the North Downs in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) near the villages of Hollingbourne, Detling, Bicknor (where the population is included for census purposes) and Wormshill and between the main A249 and B2163 roads connecting the towns of Sittingbourne and Maidstone. The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.