page_title: Sundridge with Ide Hill
section_title: Emmetts Garden
hierarchical_section_title: Sundridge with Ide Hill / Emmetts Garden
caption_attribution_description: English: Emmetts Garden
context_page_description: Sundridge and Ide Hill is a civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located in the Darenth valley and lies between Sevenoaks and Westerham. The parish contains the villages of Sundridge and Ide Hill and the hamlet of Goathurst Common. It lies within the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and within London’s Metropolitan Green Belt. It is approximately 21 miles south of London.
  The parish was created in 1973, when the settlements of Sundridge and Ide Hill were merged into a parish. Between the two villages is Emmetts Garden, a National Trust property.
  According to the 2011 census the total population of the parish was 1,877. Of that total, there were 917 males and 960 females living in the parish.
context_section_description: Emmetts Garden is an Edwardian estate located in the parish. The estate “covers an area of about 4 acres at the highest point in Kent on the 600 foot sandstone ridge". On the estate there is a collection of exotic shrubs, rose garden, a rock garden and an Arboretum. It is owned and run by the National Trust because it is considered a place of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty. “The estate was created between 1890-1927 by an Edwardian gentleman named Frederick Lubbock as a weekend retreat for his family”. The estate was privately owned until 1965 when it opened to the public and came under control of the National Trust. In 1987, the estate and the surrounding area was badly damaged by the Great Storm of 1987 in particular the Arboretum. It was estimated that the Estate lost “95% of its mature trees” because of the storm.
caption: Emmetts Garden
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