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Flowering cherries at the National Fruit Collection |
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Brogdale
Brogdale shown within Kent |
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| OS grid reference | TR0059 |
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| Parish | Ospringe |
| District | Swale |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FAVERSHAM |
| Postcode district | ME13 |
| Dialling code | 01795 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Faversham and Mid Kent |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
Brogdale is a hamlet in Kent, England, located beside the M2 motorway 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Faversham. It is one of several hamlets making up the civil parish of Ospringe and is in the Borough of Swale.
On 10 August 2003 the temperature reached 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) here, a record for the United Kingdom.[1]
Brogdale Farm is home to the National Fruit Collection, one of the largest collections of fruit trees and plants in the world. Over 2,040 varieties of apple, 502 of pear, 350 of plum, 322 of cherry and smaller collections of bush fruits, nuts and grapes are grown here in 150 acres (61 ha) of orchards.[2]
Brogdale Farm has been the home of Faversham miniature railway since 2001.