Editing Halstead, Kent

{{Short description|Village in Kent, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| shire_district = [[Sevenoaks (district)|Sevenoaks]]
| shire_county = [[Kent]]
| region = South East England
| constituency_westminster = [[Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency)|Sevenoaks]]
| static_image = Church Road, Halstead - geograph.org.uk - 4720749.jpg
| static_image_caption = Church Road
| coordinates = {{coord|51|20|N|0|8|E}}
| official_name = Halstead
| post_town = Sevenoaks
| postcode_area = TN
| postcode_district = TN14
| population = 1,607
| population_ref = (2011 Census)
}}

'''Halstead''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Sevenoaks (district)|Sevenoaks]] District of [[Kent]], [[England]]. It is located 4.7 miles south east of [[Orpington]] and & 6.1 miles north west of [[Sevenoaks]], adjacent to the Kent border with [[Greater London]]. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,607.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124143&c=Halstead&d=16&e=62&g=6437979&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1474215358818&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=18 September 2016 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:St Margaret's Church, Halstead.JPG|thumb|left|St Margaret's Church]]
The name Halstead is derived from the Old English ''hald'' (refuge, shelter) and ''stede'' (site, place), meaning 'safe place' or 'place of refuge'. The [[St Margaret's Church, Halstead|parish church]] is dedicated to [[Margaret the Virgin|St Margaret]]. Halstead Community Primary School is located in the village.

Botanist and photographer [[Anna Atkins]] lived since 1841 to her death at Halstead Place, where she is buried. Author [[E. Nesbit|Edith Nesbit]] spent some of her adolescence in Halstead during the 1870s and her book ''[[The Railway Children]]'' is thought to be based on her time living in a house, Halstead Hall, whose garden is about a mile and a half from the railway line.

The parish is adjacent to [[Fort Halstead]], a government defence research centre that is thought to have developed [[Operation Hurricane|Britain's first atomic bomb]].

==Sports Clubs==

*Chelsfield Football club

*Halstead Cricket Club

*Halstead Netball club

*Orpington & District Amateur Boxing Club

==Transport==
===Rail===
The nearest [[National Rail]] station to Halstead is [[Knockholt station|Knockholt]], located 1.4 miles away.

===Buses===
[[File:At the bus stop, Halstead - geograph.org.uk - 2793873.jpg|thumb|Halstead bus stop]]
Halstead is served by [[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route R5|R5]] and [[London Buses route R10|R10]] which provide connections to [[Orpington]], [[Cudham]] and [[Knockholt]].{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Transport for London |title=R5 bus route |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/stations-stops-and-piers/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Transport for London |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Transport for London |title=R10 bus route |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/stations-stops-and-piers/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Transport for London |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Halstead]], a town in [[Essex]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* [[Edward Hasted|Hasted, Edward]] - "The History of Kent" pp319–322 (1788, reprinted 1972).
* Kitchener, Geoffrey - "Halstead in Kent - An Historical Guide" (1978).

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Halstead, Kent}}
*[http://www.halsteadparish.org.uk/ Halstead Parish Council]

{{Sevenoaks}}

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village Halstead (which is about 6km south of town Orpington and about 27km south-east of city London       in England, United Kingdom, UK) found about 1km south-west of middle of village Badger's Mount (which is about 5km south-east of town Orpington and about 27km south-east of city London      , ditto) -->

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[[Category:Villages in Kent]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Kent]]


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