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Godmersham
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Godmersham is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village straddles the Great Stour river where it cuts through the North Downs and its land is approximately one third woodland, all in the far east and west on the escarpment of the North Downs. It is six miles north-east of Ashford on the A28 road midway between Ashford and Canterbury in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with the North Downs Way and Pilgrims' Way traversing the parish.
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- Locality
- Ashford
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Lawrence Godmersham 2.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Lawrence's Church, Godmersham
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Godmersham
- UK place.civil_parish
- Godmersham
- UK place.population
- 376
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 15.7
- UK place.population_ref
- (Civil Parish 2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- Ashford
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Weald of Kent
- UK place.post_town
- CANTERBURY
- UK place.postcode_district
- CT4
- UK place.postcode_area
- CT
- UK place.dial_code
- 01227
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TR066506
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 376
- Area
- 15.7
- Image
- St Lawrence, Godmersham, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 324783.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01227
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- Commons category
- Godmersham
- OS grid reference
- TR066506
- postal code
- CT4
- P8168
- Internet etiquette
- P12749
- Carl Leverkus
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8 sectionsContents
- History
- Saint Lawrence Church
- Godmersham Park
- Notable residents
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
Godmersham is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village straddles the Great Stour river where it cuts through the North Downs and its land is approximately one third woodland, all in the far east and west on the escarpment of the North Downs. It is six miles north-east of Ashford on the A28 road midway between Ashford and Canterbury in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with the North Downs Way and Pilgrims' Way traversing the parish.
The village is divided in two by the floodplain of the Stour. The parish civil includes Godmersham village itself, and Bilting. It shares many of its activities with the neighbouring parish of Crundale, a smaller parish to the east.
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