Chilham
Chilham is a locality in Ashford, Kent, England. Chilham is situated nearby to the locality Bagham, as well as near the village Old Wives Lees.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chilham Castle and Godmersham Park.
Chilham Castle
Castle
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Chilham Castle is a Jacobean manor house and keep in the village of Chilham, between Ashford and Canterbury in the county of Kent, England. The keep is of Norman origin and dates to 1174, although it may have been built on an older Anglo-Saxon fortification.
Godmersham Park
Manor estate
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Godmersham Park is a Grade I listed house in Godmersham in the English county of Kent. The house is on the edge of the North Downs between Ashford and Canterbury.
Park Wood
Forest
Park Wood is a 31.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Chilham in Kent. This wood is mainly hazel and hornbeam coppice with oak standards, and diverse shrub and ground layers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chilham and Godmersham.
Chilham
Village
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Chilham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England. It sits on the north bank of the Great Stour around 5+1⁄2 miles to the southwest of Canterbury and seven miles northeast of Ashford.
Godmersham
Village
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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. Godmersham is situated 2 miles south of Chilham.
Chartham
Village
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Chartham is a village and civil parish in the Canterbury district of Kent, England. It is situated on the Ashford side of the city, and is in the North Downs area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 2.3 mi south west of Canterbury, England. Chartham is situated 3 miles east of Chilham.
Chilham
- Type: Locality
- Location: Ashford, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2474° or 51° 14′ 51″ northLongitude
0.9575° or 0° 57′ 27″ eastElevation
164 feet (50 metres)Open location code
9F326XW4+WXGeoNames ID
7296476
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