Chartham
Sign in to saveChartham 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, south west of Canterbury, England. The Great Stour Way path passes through the village. A paper mill in the village that had specialised in the production of tracing paper since 1938 has in 2022 closed down. There are numerous arable farms and orchards in the parish. The village has an unstaffed station, Chartham, and has recently upgraded its staffed level crossing to an automatic barrier. It has an ou
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Place details
- Locality
- Canterbury
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,836
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Chartham
- UK place.static_image_name
- Village Church, Chartham - geograph.org.uk - 663007.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's Church with part of the Green
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- Hoppers Oast, Hatch Lane, Chartham Hatch, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 1501876.jpg
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- Chartham Hatch
- UK place.population
- 4,261
- UK place.population_ref
- (Civil Parish 2011)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 20.84
- UK place.civil_parish
- Chartham
- UK place.shire_district
- City of Canterbury
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Canterbury
- Population
- +4261
- Area
- +20.84
- Image
- Village Church, Chartham - geograph.org.uk - 663007.jpg
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- 19th century
- Modern day
- Geography and economy
- Governance
- Demography
- Railway Station
- Landmarks
- Church
- Outlying areas
- Shalmsford Street
- Chartham Hatch
- Horton
- Mystole and Thruxted
- Chartham Downs
- References
- External links
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, south west of Canterbury, England. The Great Stour Way path passes through the village. A paper mill in the village that had specialised in the production of tracing paper since 1938 has in 2022 closed down. There are numerous arable farms and orchards in the parish. The village has an unstaffed station, Chartham, and has recently upgraded its staffed level crossing to an automatic barrier. It has an outlying locality sharing in many of the community resources, Chartham Hatch.
Nearby communities are Harbledown and Rough Common, Blean, and to the north Thanington.