Hawkinge
Sign in to saveHawkinge ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile (c. 1.3 km) due east of the present village centre; the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill.
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Place details
- Locality
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 8,002
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Kent Battle of Britain Museum in Hawkinge.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Kent Battle of Britain Museum in Hawkinge
- UK place.official_name
- Hawkinge
- UK place.population
- 8,497
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- Folkestone and Hythe
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ashford
- UK place.post_town
- FOLKESTONE
- UK place.postcode_district
- CT18
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Population
- +8002
- Image
- Kent Battle of Britain Museum in Hawkinge.jpg
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Hawkinge ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile (c. 1.3 km) due east of the present village centre; the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill.
The name Hawkinge derives from the Old English hafocing meaning 'hawk place' or perhaps 'Hafoc's place'.