Petham

Also known as Petham, Kent

Petham is a rural village and civil parish in the North Downs, five miles south of Canterbury in Kent, South East England.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Petham
UK place.static_image: File:Garlinge Green - geograph.org.uk - 404331.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Garlinge Green, the village green with old style telephone box Petham village hall
UK place.population: 708
UK place.population_ref: (Civil Parish 2011)
UK place.area_total_km2: 13.61
UK place.civil_parish: Petham
UK place.shire_district: City of Canterbury
UK place.shire_county: Kent
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Canterbury

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Petham is a rural village and civil parish in the North Downs, five miles south of Canterbury in Kent, South East England.

The village church is All Saints, Petham and is Grade I listed. It was built in the 13th century but suffered from a fire in 1922 and had to be reconstructed. The village hall was rebuilt in the early 21st century next to Marble pond on relatively low meadows deemed unsuitable for housing and insurance.