The parish includes the villages of Four Elms, Hever itself, and Markbeech, and had a population of 1,136 in 2001,[2] increasing to 1,231 at the 2011 Census.

[1] The place-name 'Hever' may come from 'Heanyfre', meaning 'high edge',[3] which is attested in Saxon charter S175 of 814, referring to an altogether different place.

Hever contains Hever Castle, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII.

In the parish church of St Peter is the tomb of Thomas Boleyn, the father of Anne Boleyn and grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. Hever Church of England Primary School is near the centre of the village.

[4] Hever railway station is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) west of the village by total road distance.