per day. The track was lifted in 1964, and in 1967 the station sites were offered for sale. At present, the only public transport for Goudhurst are two bus routes operated by Arriva Southern Counties – the 26 to Maidstone, and the 297 which runs to Tunbridge Wells in the west and Tenterden and Ashford in the east. Education The village is in the Cranbrook School catchment area. Notable people Ernest Alfred Benians (1880–1952), academic and historian, was born in Goudhurst. William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768–1856), owned the Bedgebury Estate and built Kilndown in the 1840s. Harry Christophers (b 1956), conductor, was born in Goudhurst. Leonard Benjamin Franklin (1862–1944), barrister and politician, was born in Goudhurst. Sir Jeffrey Gilbert ( 1674–1726 ), jurist and author, was born in Goudhurst. Stephen Groombridge (1755–1832), astronomer, was born in Goudhurst. Daniel Horsmanden (1691–1778), judge, was born in Goudhurst. Sir George Johnson (1818–1896), eminent physician who became recognized as an authority on cholera and kidney diseases, was born in Goudhurst. Stephen Law (d c. 1788), Governor of Bombay from 1739–42, lived in Goudhurst at the time of his death. William Howard Vincent Levett (1908–55), Kent and England cricketer, was born in Goudhurst. Richard Milbourne (d 1624), bishop, was vicar of Goudhurst 1611–15 Alfred Mynn (1807–61), cricketer, was born in Goudhurst. William Rootes (1894–1964), founder of Rootes Group was born in Goudhurst. Sir James Stirling (1836–1916), jurist and Privy Councillor, lived at Finchcocks in Goudhurst from 1890 until his death Media Newspapers Newspapers available in Goudhurst are the free and Maidstone extra owned by KM Group and yourtunbridgewells and yourmaidstone both owned by KOS Media Radio The Local radio station is KMFM West Kent however KMFM Maidstone is also available. County-wide stations Heart Kent, Gold (radio) and BBC Radio Kent are available. Notes Sources The Place Names of Kent, Judith Glover. The Origin of English Place Names, P. H. Reaney. The Dictionary of British Place Names Dictionary of English Place Names, A. D. Mills. External links Village website Parish Council website Goudhurst entry in 'Disused Stations Site Record' Civil parishes in Kent Villages in Kent