Ide Hill Road, Ide Hill | £1m

Set within a full acre of mature gardens just outside Ide Hill, this four bedroom home is on the market for the first time in thirty years. Wraparound gardens, real privacy and space to make it your own, in a setting that is genuinely hard to find.

Details

Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3
Receptions: 3
Square Feet: 2667

 
 

Location Guide

Ide Hill sits at one of the highest points on the Greensand Ridge, its village green and church looking out over the Weald to the south and the Holmesdale valley to the north. It's a place people move to for exactly this: proper countryside, ancient woodland on the doorstep, and a community that still gathers round a green with a church and a pub rather than a retail parade. Life here moves at the pace of the seasons, and that's precisely the appeal.

Transport Links

Sevenoaks station is around four miles away and gives fast, frequent access into London, with the quickest services to Cannon Street and Charing Cross taking as little as half an hour. The M25 is close by too, making this a genuinely workable base for anyone splitting their time between the city and the country.

Education

Ide Hill has its own Church of England primary school on Sundridge Road, rated Good by Ofsted and consistently among the stronger performing primaries in the area. For secondary schooling, the grammar system serves the district well, with Weald of Kent Grammar School and Tonbridge Grammar School both within reach, alongside The Judd School. Independent options are close too, including Sevenoaks School and Walthamstow Hall in the town itself, and Combe Bank School nearer still.

Local Attractions

The village sits right in the middle of National Trust country. Emmetts Garden, an Edwardian hillside garden with an arboretum and rose garden, is a short walk from the green, and Chartwell, Churchill's former home, is a few miles further along the Greensand Way. Toys Hill, one of the first sites the National Trust ever acquired, offers proper woodland walking and views across the Weald, while Bough Beech Reservoir to the south is a favourite for a quieter walk and some birdwatching.

Entertainment and Leisure

The Cock Inn sits right on the village green, a genuinely old fashioned pub with log fires, cask ales and a menu of honest British cooking, the kind of place that becomes a regular fixture in local life. For a wider choice of restaurants, shops and everyday amenities, Sevenoaks town is a short drive away and covers most of what you'd need on a weekly basis.

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