Hawkhurst is a village and
civil parish in
the borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells,
Kent, England. The parish lies to the south-east of
Royal Tunbridge Wells. Hawkhurst itself is virtually two villages. One, the older of the two, consisting mainly of cottages clustered around a large triangular green known as
The Moor, and the other, farther north on the main road, called
Highgate (which was considered to be updated to town status because of its increasing population and the council's plans to build more houses). Highgate stands on a crossroads and is where the shops and hotels lie.