Hemsted Park, historically sometimes known as Hempsted Park, is a 100 hectares former country estate and manor house north-west of the village of Benenden in the English county of Kent. It is the site of Benenden School, an independent boarding school for girls. The school operates a commercial arts programme using the name Hemsted Park.
Parkland at Hemsted Park with the main building of Benenden School beyond the trees
Hemsted Park painted in around 1870 by Alexander Francis Lydon.
The main building at Benenden School, dating from the 1860s
Benenden School is an independent boarding school for girls in Kent, England, in Hemsted Park at Benenden, between Cranbrook and Tenterden. Benenden has a boarding population of over 550 girls aged 11 to 18, as well as a limited number of day student spaces.
Benenden School
Hemsted Park c. 1870
The Benenden Lacrosse team at the National School Tournament 2000