Cranbrook
Cranbrook is a village in the civil parish of Cranbrook as well as Sissinghurst, in the Weald of Kent in South East England. It lies about half-way in between Maidstone and Hastings, about 38 miles (61 km) southeast of central London. The smaller settlements of Sissinghurst, Swattenden, Colliers Green and also Hartley exist within the civil parish. The population of the parish was 6,717 in 2011. Because the decrease of the cloth profession, farming came to be the essential of the economic climate. Located on the Maidstone to Hastings roadway, it is 5 miles north of Hawkhurst. Baker's Cross is on the eastern outskirts of the community. Cranbrook is on the Hastings Beds, alternating sands and clays which are more resistant to disintegration than the bordering clays therefore form capitals of the High Weald. The geology of the area has played a significant role in the community's advancement, down payments of iron ore and also fuller's planet was essential in the iron market and fabric market respectively.