Great Stour
Great Stour is a river in Wickhambreaux, City of Canterbury, England. Great Stour is situated nearby to the village Upstreet, as well as near the hamlet Rivercroft.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve and Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Rog Frost, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stodmarsh SSSI is a 623.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Stodmarsh, north-east of Canterbury in Kent. Parts of it are a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, a National Nature Reserve, a Ramsar internationally important wetland site, a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.
Maypole
Aerodrome
Maypole Airfield was a general aviation airfield located 2.5 miles south of Herne Bay, Kent and 5.2 miles north east of Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. It was scheduled to close in January 2021, and is closed as of May 2021.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sturry and Hersden.
Sturry
Village
Photo: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Hersden
Village
Photo: My another account, CC0.
Hersden is a village east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England. It was established as a planned coalmining village in the 1920s and is on the A28 road between Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet.
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.
Great Stour
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wickhambreaux, City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.3177° or 51° 19′ 4″ northLongitude
1.1921° or 1° 11′ 31″ eastOpen location code
9F33859R+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 197459424OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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