Leybourne

Leybourne
Leybourne Location within Kent
District	Tonbridge and Malling
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WEST MALLING
Postcode district	ME19
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Tonbridge and Malling
List of places UK England Kent 51°18′15″N 0°25′21″E / 51.304120°N 0.422560°E / 51.304120; 0.422560

Leybourne is a small village and civil parish in Kent, England situated off Junction 4 of the M20 Motorway. Leybourne is adjacent to New Hythe, Larkfield and West Malling. As of 2020 Leybourne Parish had a population of 4,372.^[1]

Historically, the area was extensively quarried, leaving a number of flooded gravel pits. These have recently been developed into Leybourne Lakes Country Park, and a housing development. Several of the houses on the development feature in the Channel 4 TV Series Cape Wrath. Nearby New Hythe was also home (until 2004) of Meridian's newsroom and studio for the South East. Leybourne's name is the origin of that of the French city Libourne.^{[citation needed]}