Local Features
- Much of the local woodland is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust in recognition of the area's rural heritage and significance.
- The North Downs Way (a long-distance footpath that passes along the ridge of the North Downs) runs close by the village and parallel to the better-known Pilgrims' Way route, a popular local walk for tourists.
- A small radio transmitting station previously used by the military as part of the NATO ACE High relay communications system and more recently by mobile telephone companies is situated on farmland near the village (51°17′45″N 0°36′51″E / 51.295947°N 0.614122°E / 51.295947; 0.614122) on account of its clear, unobstructed position high on the North Downs. The facility now lies un-manned.
- The local pub, the Hook & Hatchet is a traditional Kentish pub and, according to website of brewers and operators Shepherd Neame, has been run as such for around 100 years after a local family applied for a "beer and cider" only licence in the late 19th century. however a possibly earlier building of the same name was in use as a pub from, at least, the first half of the 19th Century.
- Racehorse trainer John Best trains his horses from Scragged Oak Farm in Hucking. His Hucking Horses syndicate is named for the village.
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