The village of Chevening is small. It stands on the upper reaches of the River Darent. Its parish church is dedicated to St Botolph.
Apart from the village the remaining area is rural. Chevening House, looked after by the National Trust, is located here. It is the official country residence of the Foreign Secretary.
The Pilgrims’ Way crosses the parish. Close to Chevening, the path of Harold Godwinson’s army en route to the Battle of Hastings in 1066, heading south along what is now Chipstead Lane, crosses William the Conqueror’s route after the battle towards London along the Pilgrim’s Way.
Chevening was served by a railway station on the Westerham Valley Branch Line running between Westerham and Dunton Green: it opened in 1881 and closed in 1961.