Price changed to £630,000
January 30, 2026
Listed for £650,000
December 29, 2025
Sold for £440,000
2016
Sold for £280,000
2015
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Lilac Cottage is set in Iden Green, a hamlet on the rural periphery of the highly regarded village of Benenden and located within the High Weald National Landscape. It is conveniently located a short distance from the historic and highly regarded Woodcock Inn.
Benenden provides a range of local services, a primary school, a community shop including post office and The Bull Inn and Restaurant. Hawkhurst offers Waitrose and Tesco supermarkets as well as the Kino cinema. The nearby market towns of Cranbrook and Tenterden have a good selection of shops, supermarkets, restaurants and facilities and Tunbridge Wells slightly further afield provides more comprehensive amenities.
There are numerous schools for children of all ages within the public and private sectors, including Benenden Primary School, Benenden Girls School and Dulwich Cranbrook, Saint Ronan’s in Hawkhurst plus Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre in Tenterden. The property also falls within the catchment area for the much sought after Cranbrook School. Further grammar schools are available in Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Ashford.
The mainline stations in Headcorn and Staplehurst offer frequent services to London Bridge, Charing Cross and Canon Street with journey times of just under an hour. Ashford International Station operates high speed services to London St Pancras with journey times from just 37 minutes and from there, Eurostar services to the continent. Gatwick and Heathrow Airports can be accessed via the A21.
Cranbrook 4 miles
Tenterden 6 miles
Staplehurst Station 8 miles
A21 6 miles
Rye and The Coast 14 miles
(All distances are approximate)