Godmersham Park

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.

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Type: Manor estate
Description: Grade I listed building in Godmersham, Kent, England, UK
Also known as: “Godmersham Park, Courtyards, Walled Gardens And Gateways”
Address: Godmersham, Canterbury, CT4 7DT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Chilham Castle and Park Wood.

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. Chilham Castle is situated 1½ miles north of Godmersham Park.

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. Park Wood is situated 1½ miles northwest of Godmersham Park.

Church of St Mary, Chilham

Church

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Church of St Mary, Chilham is situated 1½ miles north of Godmersham Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Godmersham and Bilting.

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.

Bilting

Hamlet

Bilting is a hamlet within the civil parish of Godmersham in the Ashford District of Kent, England. It stretches along the A28 at the foot of the Godmersham Downs, five miles northeast of Ashford town.

Crundale

Village

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Crundale is a mostly rural village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent in southeast England. The village covers a section of one of the dual escarpments of the North Downs at this point, about halfway between Ashford and Canterbury. Crundale is situated 1½ miles southeast of Godmersham Park.

Godmersham Park

Categories: house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Godmersham, Ashford, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.22116° or 51° 13′ 16″ north

Longitude

0.95081° or 0° 57′ 3″ east

Open location code

9F326XC2+F8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 231462920

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=manor

Wikidata ID

Q17529295

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In Other Languages

“Godmersham Park” goes by many names.

French: “Godmersham Park”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: The Wilderness and Godmersham Heritage Centre.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: The Old Dairy and Court Lodge Farm Office Unit 1.

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