It is 16 miles 44 chains (26.6 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is situated between Chelsfield and Dunton Green stations.

It is in Travelcard Zone 6 and is located next to the Greater London boundary within the Kent district of Sevenoaks.

The station is 4.8 km (3.0 mi) north-northeast (NNE) of the village of Knockholt but closer to several other settlements.

This station is for passengers requiring Badgers Mount, Well Hill, Knockholt or Halstead.

When the South Eastern Railway (SER) opened their "cut off" line through Orpington, Sevenoaks to Tonbridge in 1868, there was no station between Chelsfield and Dunton Green.

In 1899 the SER joined with its arch rival to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR).