Pluckley

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Pluckley
Statistics
Population:	1050 [1]
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	TQ927455
Administration
Parish:	Pluckley
Borough:	Ashford
Shire county:	Kent
Region:	South East England
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Kent
Historic county:	Kent
Services
Police force:	Kent Police
Fire and rescue:	{{{Fire}}}
Ambulance:	South East Coast
Post office and telephone
Post town:	TONBRIDGE
Postal district:	TN27
Dialling code:	01233
Politics
UK Parliament:	Ashford
European Parliament:	South East England

Pluckley is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, United Kingdom. It is located close to the North Downs, and is approximately 8 km west of Ashford.

References to Pluckley can be found in the Domesday Book, at which time it was a more significant settlement than the now considerably larger town of Ashford.

The village is approximately 8 km from the nearest junction of the M20 motorway, is served by Pluckley railway station, about 2 km to the south and lies on the long distance walking route, the Greensand Way and close to the Stour Valley Walk.

Pluckley has two particular claims to fame: the ITV drama series, The Darling Buds of May, was filmed there; and it is said to be the most haunted village in Britain. It is reputed to have twelve (possible thirteen) ghosts. These are:

• The spectre of the highwayman
• A phantom coach and horses
• The ghost of the gypsy woman
• The black ghost of the miller
• The hanging body of the schoolmaster
• The colonel of the woods
• The ghost of the screaming man
• The Lady of Rose Court
• The phantom monk
• The White Lady of Dering
• The Red Lady (and a mysterious modern ghost)

[edit] External links

• Village website

[edit] References

1. ^ Ashford Borough Council Census 2001

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