Fordwich
Fordwich is a market town and a civil parish in east Kent, England, on the River Stour, northeast of Canterbury. It is the smallest community by population in Britain with a town council. Its population increased by 30 between 2001 and 2011.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 372 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Fordwich, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fordwich Town Hall and Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fordwich.
Fordwich Town Hall
Community center
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordwich Town Hall is a municipal structure in King Street, Fordwich, Kent, England. The structure, which serves as the meeting place of Fordwich Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fordwich
Church
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The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a redundant Anglican church in the small town of Fordwich, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
The George And Dragon Inn
Pub
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The George And Dragon Inn is a pub.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sturry and Westbere.
Sturry
Village
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Sturry is a village on the Great Stour river situated 3 miles northeast of Canterbury in Kent. Its large civil parish incorporates several hamlets and, until April 2019, the former mining village of Hersden.
Westbere
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westbere is a small village and civil parish in Kent, England, centred 4 miles north-east of Canterbury city centre along the A28 road to the Isle of Thanet.
Broad Oak
Village
Broad Oak is a village in Sturry parish, Kent, England. It lies west of the A291 road to Herne Bay; the centre of the village is about half a mile northwest of the northern edge of Sturry village.
Fordwich
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Fordwich, City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.29537° or 51° 17′ 43″ northLongitude
1.12562° or 1° 7′ 32″ eastPopulation
372Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9F3374WG+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 26538817OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2649225Wikidata ID
Q2177468
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Fordwich” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Fordwich”
- Basque: “Fordwich”
- Cebuano: “Fordwich”
- Czech: “Fordwich”
- Dutch: “Fordwich”
- French: “Fordwich”
- German: “Fordwich”
- Irish: “Fordwich”
- Italian: “Fordwich”
- Japanese: “フォードウィッチ”
- Korean: “포드위치”
- Ladin: “Fordwich”
- Latvian: “Fordviča”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fordwich”
- Persian: “فوردویچ”
- Polish: “Fordwich”
- Romanian: “Fordwich”
- Slovak: “Fordwich”
- South Azerbaijani: “فوردویچ”
- Swedish: “Fordwich”
- Turkish: “Fordwich”
- Volapük: “Fordwich”
- Welsh: “Fordwich”
- “Fordwich”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fordwich Arms and Walnut Tree Cottage.
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