Bethersden

{{Short description|Village in Kent, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{More footnotes|date=December 2013}}

{{infobox UK place|

|country = England

|official_name = Bethersden

|coordinates = {{coord|51.1290|0.7533|display=inline,title}}

|population=1481

|area_total_km2=26.1

|population_ref=(Civil Parish 2011)[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |date=11 February 2003 }} United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 10 May 2014

|shire_district = Ashford

|shire_county = Kent

|region = South East England

|constituency_westminster = Ashford

|post_town = ASHFORD

|postcode_district = TN26

|postcode_area = TN

|dial_code = 01233

|os_grid_reference = TQ927402

|static_image_name = St Margaret, Bethersden, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 324105.jpg

|static_image_width = 250

|static_image_caption = St Margaret's Church

}}

Bethersden is a village and civil parish in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England, {{convert|5|miles|km|0}} west of the town of Ashford. Located on the main road, A28, between Tenterden and Ashford.

The village has an active community, including a small primary school, football team, cricket team and tennis club by the park.

Bethersden was formerly the centre of the Kentish wool trade.

Bethersden was the seat of the Lovelace family,{{Cite web|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/lovelace-sir-william-1561-1629|title=LOVELACE, Sir William (1561-1629), of Lovelace Place, Bethersden and Greyfriars, Canterbury, Kent | History of Parliament Online}} at what is now Lovelace Court, which included William Lovelace (MP), and the 17th-century poet Richard Lovelace.

The Bethersden Parish Records Society holds the original parish register, maps, books, photographs and other records relating to the village.