Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne

Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne is a civil parish in the City of Canterbury district of Kent, England. It is located 4 miles south-east of Canterbury. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 868, increasing to 925 at the 2011 Census.

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Type: Locality with 919 residents
Description: civil parish in Kent, UK
Also known as: “Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne (civil parish), Kent” and “Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bekesbourne railway station and Howletts Wild Animal Park.

Bekesbourne railway station

Railway station

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Bekesbourne railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line; it serves the villages of Bekesbourne and Patrixbourne, in Kent, England. It is sited 64 miles 58 chains down the line from London Victoria, situated between Canterbury East and Adisham.

Howletts Wild Animal Park

Zoo

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Howletts Wild Animal Park in the parish of Bekesbourne, near Canterbury in Kent, was established as a private zoo in 1957 by John Aspinall. In 1962, the House known as Howletts was being restored.

Church of St Peter

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canterbury and Bridge.

Canterbury

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Canterbury is a cathedral and university city in Kent, in the South East of England. Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and hence the Primus inter pares of the primates of each national church in the Anglican Communion and spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England.

Bridge

Village

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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.