Hersden

Also known as Hersden, Kent

Hersden is a village east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England. It was established as a planned coalmining village in the 1920s and is on the A28 road between Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet. Work in the Kent Coalfield was the main source of employment in the village until the closure of the Kent colliery in the 1980s.

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Place details

Locality: Canterbury
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Hersden
UK place.static_image: Hersden.JPG
UK place.static_image_caption: Village entrance
UK place.population: 1,503
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.civil_parish: Hersden
UK place.shire_district: City of Canterbury
UK place.shire_county: Kent
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Herne Bay and Sandwich
UK place.post_town: Canterbury
UK place.postcode_district: CT3
UK place.postcode_area: CT
UK place.dial_code: 01227
UK place.os_grid_reference: TR204620

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Wikidata facts

Population: 2060
Image: Hersden.JPG
Dialing code: 01227

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Commons category: Hersden
OS grid reference: TR204620
P8168: Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona

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The parish was formed on 1 April 2019 from parts of Sturry, Chislet and Westbere. The Ashford to Ramsgate railway line runs through the parish to the south of the village. This formerly served the colliery and a station, Chislet Colliery Halt railway station, operated between 1919 and 1971.