Chilham
Sign in to saveChilham 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 to the southwest of Canterbury and northeast of Ashford. It is a mostly agricultural parish, with settlement clustered around Chilham village centre, which is next to the Grade I-listed Chilham Castle. Well-preserved roads and mostly residential listed buildings in the centre have led to its use as a location in television and film. Also lying within the civil parish is the smaller linear settlement of Shottenden, which is situated west of Chilham.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Chilham Square 1.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 267
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Chilham Square
- UK place.official_name
- Chilham
- UK place.civil_parish
- Chilham
- UK place.population
- 1124
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 13.85
- UK place.population_ref
- (Civil Parish 2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- Ashford
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Ashford
- Population
- +1634
- Area
- +13.85
- Image
- Chilham village square - geograph.org.uk - 699044.jpg
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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 to the southwest of Canterbury and northeast of Ashford. It is a mostly agricultural parish, with settlement clustered around Chilham village centre, which is next to the Grade I-listed Chilham Castle. Well-preserved roads and mostly residential listed buildings in the centre have led to its use as a location in television and film. Also lying within the civil parish is the smaller linear settlement of Shottenden, which is situated west of Chilham.
==History== The village has a number of period houses such as the former vicarage, which dates from 1742.