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SG1283 Sutton Valence Front Wouldham A278 Hartlip Walderslade A249 Directions Borden 4 3 Burnham Oad Street Bredhurst 5 By Air: London Gatwick Airport is Stockbury A229 M2 Tunstall 1 hour and London Heathrow Airport M2 Eccles Bredgar 1.5 hours away by road. Both have A249 South Green New Hythe regular scheduled flights around Aylesford Boxley M20 Milstead 6 A12 Bicknor A1(M) M11 the UK, Europe and International 5 Hucking CLACTON-ON-SEA Ditton Detling Thurnham M1 Sandling 7 destinations. Wormshill Frinsted CHELMSFORD A M20 A10 A414 20 Broad Street A12 A130 MAIDSTONE Roseacre M25 By Rail: London is only one hour A20 Hollingbourne M25 6 8 WATFORD away via Headcorn station and the A2 Bearstead Eyhorne Street SOUTHEND-ON-SEA East Barming West Street M40 Shepway continent, via Ashford International, Otham LONDON East Farleigh M4 SHEERNESS A Harrietsham A20 is on the same mainline rail route. West Farleigh A229 274 Leeds MARGATE Langley Heathrow A2 ROCHESTER Loose Boughton Broomfield Lenham The proximity of the M20 enables B2163 B21 Monchelsea M3 RAMSGATE 63 M20 Sandway M20 SITTINGBOURNE FAVERSHAM drivers to reach the Eurotunnel Kingswood M25 Coxheath M2 CANTERBURY Warmlake terminal in 45 minutes. Chart Corner A3 Location Map M25 MAIDSTONE A28 A256 Linton A24 SEVENOAKS A2 Hunton SUTTON VALENCE Boughton Malherbe M20 Chart Sutton GUILDFORD A22 ROYAL Channel M23 Tunnel By Road: Our school is well served Grafty Green Gatwick TUNBRIDGE ASHFORD Terminal DOVER C B Ulcombe WELLS HA NN 2 Chainhurst Rabbit’s Cross CRAWLEY Ashford EL 1 Egerton by major routes to the M20, the EAST TU 6 International FOLKESTONE N 2 NEL HORSHAM GRINSTEAD school's 100 acres is surrounded by 9 Egerton Forstal 7 Collier Street 0 Cross-at-Hand A274 2 A272 B Southernden orchards and the countryside of Kent. Milebush A259 Hawkenbury A229 A24 A23 A21 Headcorn A22 R Claygate E Marden V From the M20: Exit at Junction 8 Licence Number PU100029016 All rights reserved. © Crown Copyright. A27 A27 O Marden Thorn HASTINGS D Marden Staplehurst Smarden Bell F signposted Maidstone East A20. Beech Maltman’s Hill BRIGHTON O I T WORTHING NEWHAVEN EASTBOURNE R A At the roundabout turn left onto the 0 5 10 KM S T A20 signposted to Lenham. At the (M20) Jct 4 A 2 next roundabout continue straight Five Wents 7 P 4 I T T 63 R O 21 M A across to the next roundabout and B Abbey Wood D A I D D We are extremely fortunate at Sutton Valence School to be situated in the village turn right onto the B2163 signposted ROA ENTS S W D T H A G O PLOU O of Sutton Valence, a beautiful, historical village overlooking the Weald of Kent. Leeds, Langley Heath, Sutton Valence. R N N E O T Travel through Leeds and Langley R R Our Preparatory School, though one mile west of the Senior School, shares the O O N A Heath to the Five Wents crossroads D same aspect in the neighboroughing village of Chart Sutton. and turn left onto the A274 signposted W A R C H A R T W AY S M L A K E R O A D T R E to Sutton Valence. The entrance for Warmlake E T the Senior School is on your left after T D A E O P 1 mile. For the Prep School, continue R E L E H R A C R S T past the Senior School and turn right U U S H R C E H onto Chart Road signposted Chart H O T P U R S Sutton. Travel for 0.5 miles and turn Astroturf, Sports Field E Entrance & Parking O L N A right onto Church Road. The entrance PREP SCHOOL N Sutton Valence School HMC Co-educational Day and Boarding ages 11-18 Sutton Valence E to the Prep School is immediately on ENTRANCE Primary School Sutton Valence Preparatory School IAPS Co-educational Day ages 3-11 SENIOR SCHOOL E C H OL LAN Chart Sutton A SCHO D ST R T ENTRANCE BROA TUMBLERS HIL your left. R IGH ST L ROAD O A H R EAST SUTTON D D E R A LOWER RE K C L TO A R B Y NE E L A N BERESFORD HOUSE A On Arrival: Car parking is available L JUNIOR BOARDING Y Sutton R O D T C A E Valence at both schools. Visitors are advised R E O N R A D L A O to report directly to Reception in the N H R T R U T O R O first instance. U C S L O D Sutton Valence School North Street, Sutton Valence, Maidstone, Kent ME17 3HL C C S ’ A N I N E CA A Tel: +44 (0)1622 845200 Fax: +44 (0)1622 844103 [email protected] www.svs.org.uk P T O H T Y A member of the United Westminster Schools’ Foundation Registered Charity No. 309267 Founded in 1576 by William Lambe Sutton Valence School O A Licence Number PU100029016 All rights reserved. © Crown Copyright. AD The Harbour B O 2 R F O 7 R S H A M 4 0 500 1000 METRES.
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