Brogdale

Coordinates: 51°18′00″N 0°52′00″E / 51.299999°N 0.866667°E / 51.299999; 0.866667

Brogdale
Flowering cherries at the National Fruit Collection
Brogdale  Brogdale shown within Kent
OS grid reference	TR0059
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.

External links

• Brogdale Farm

References

1. ^ Met Office : November 2010 : Weather Extremes Retrieved 31 December 2010
2. ^ British Broadcasting Corporation : 17 August 2006 : A Tour Around Kent's Garden of Eden Retrieved 26 June 2010