Five Oak Green

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Five Oak Green
Five Oak Green (Kent)
Five Oak Green

Five Oak Green shown within Kent
District Tunbridge Wells
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Tonbridge
Dialling code 01892
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Tunbridge Wells
List of places: UKEnglandKent

Coordinates: 51°11′02″N 0°21′29″E / 51.18393, 0.35818

Five Oak Green is a village near Tonbridge, Kent in the parish of Capel. It was a centre for hop growing and in the 19th century" The Rose and crown" public house was converted to a hospital to treat the many hop pickers who resided in the village and its surrondings in the late summer. The pub was renamed "The Little Hoppers Hospital" by a london priest who added to the pubs sign "No beer sold here" so no one should be any doubt of its changed role.