Bridge, Kent

Bridge
Bridge church
Bridge Bridge shown within Kent
Area	4.08 km² (1.58 sq mi)
Population	1,576 (Civil Parish)^[1]
– density	386/km² (1,000/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR182542
Civil parish	Bridge
District	Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CANTERBURY
Postcode district	CT4
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Canterbury
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Coordinates: 51°14′42″N 1°07′39″E / 51.2450°N 1.1274°E / 51.2450; 1.1274

Bridge is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England.

Bridge village is in the Nailbourne valley in a rural setting on the old Roman road, Watling Street, formerly the main road between London and Dover. The village itself is centred 2.5 miles south-east of the city of Canterbury.

History

It is likely that the parish took its name from "Bregge" a bridge which crossed the river Nailbourne, a tributary of the Stour.^[2]

Geography

The village is surrounded by a buffer zone, is almost entirely residential and agricultural and is in its layout a cross between a linear settlement and a clustered settlement.

Amenities

Bourne Park is a Queen Anne mansion with lake, occasionally open to the public, its façade and structure dates mostly to 1702.

References

↑ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
↑ Bridge Village

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bridge, Kent.

Bridge village website
Higham Park (Note: Higham Park is no longer open to the public)

Towns and villages in the Canterbury district of Kent, England

	Adisham Barham Bekesbourne Beltinge Bishopsbourne Blean Boyden Gate Bramling Bridge Broad Oak Broomfield Chartham Chestfield Chislet Eddington Fordwich Grays Hackington Harbledown Hawthorn Corner Herne Herne Bay Hersden Hillborough Hoath Ickham Kingston Littlebourne Lower Hardres Marshside Nackington Patrixbourne Petham Pett Bottom Reculver Rough Common Stuppington Sturry Swalecliffe Tankerton Thanington Without Tyler Hill Upper Harbledown Upper Hardres Upstreet Waltham Westbere Whitstable Wickhambreaux Wincheap Womenswold Woolage Green Woolage Village Yorkletts

The city of Canterbury List of places in Kent

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