Shipbourne (pronounced /ˈʃɪbən/, SHIB-bun) lies in the English county of Kent, in an undulating landscape traversed by the small streams of the River Bourne, set in a clay vale at the foot of the wooded Sevenoaks Greensand Ridge.Shipbourne is situated between the towns of Sevenoaks and Tonbridge, in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling.