Goathurst Common is a hamlet within the
civil parish of
Sundridge with Ide Hill. It lies to the east of Ide Hill. Its road, Bessels Green Road, leads through Whitley Forest to the village of
Bessels Green, near Sevenoaks to the south. There is no current chapel or church. The hamlet did have two but they have been converted into houses. It is a mainly residential area consisting of about sixty houses built since the early 1920s. Goathurst Common is separated from Ide Hill by
Stubbs Wood. The playing field in Goathurst Common plays host every August Bank Holiday to the Annual
Goat Hurling World Championships. This is a modern invocation of an ancient past time that may have given the Hamlet its name . The event was revived to celebrate Queen Elizabeth the Second's Golden Jubilee on the 2nd of June 2002 and has been held every August Bank Holiday since. Unlike its ancient predecessor, a plush toy goat is hurled across a 30m marked playing area. No goats are harmed during the event. The woodlands around Goathurst Common were devastated during the
Great Storm of 1987, when many trees were brought down by very high winds. ==Nearest settlements==