Beachborough Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Beachborough House.jpg
Static Image Width:200px
Static Image Caption:Beachborough House
Coordinates:51.1°N 1.1°W
Label Position:top
Official Name:Beachborough
Shire District:Folkestone and Hythe
Shire County:Kent
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:Folkestone and Hythe
Post Town:Folkestone
Postcode District:CT18
Postcode Area:CT

Beachborough is a hamlet WNW of Folkestone in Kent, England. It lies south of Etchinghill on a minor cross-country route. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Newington.

The hamlet forms a part of Beachborough Manor, which became a small landed estate. Brockman and Drake-Brockman families, then by other families, among whom were briefly the Markham (baronets)Markham baronets, who used Beachborough as their territorial affiliation, when awarded their title in 1911.