I have lived in this wonderful family home since I was a child and it has been a great place to grow up. Over the years the family has extended and modernised the house and spent many happy hours creating the amazing organic garden that you see today. There are great places to walk the dogs and a right of way across the fields to the pub and the neighbouring village of Brenchley with its good primary school, doctors surgery and sports clubs. The communal field belongs to the houses that border it and everyone is involved in its upkeep so it is kept in good order and provides a delightful play area for children and pets.

Matfield is a charming and friendly village that grew up around the village green which is one of the largest in Kent and includes a duck pond. The green is surrounded by fascinating period properties in a conservation area dominated by the impressive Grade I Listed Matfield House, with its stable block and coach house. The village includes three pubs, an excellent butchers shop and the modern village hall that includes a badminton court, a post office and regular community activities. The nearest station is Paddock Wood where trains can whisk you to London Bridge in 41 minutes. As Maidstone Road runs through the village there is easy access to the surrounding towns and villages with regular buses to the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells. Nearby Paddock Wood includes a department store, a Waitrose supermarket, individual shops, bars and restaurants as well as two good primary schools and a good secondary school, while Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells offer excellent grammar and private schools.