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Kirby-le-Soken
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Kirby-le-Soken is a village in the civil parish of Frinton and Walton, in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It lies to the west of Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze. It forms part of the area known as The Sokens. The village is separated from nearby Kirby Cross and the neighbouring towns by fields. The village has two pubs, two churches and a millennium forest.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kirby-le-Soken
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.official_name
- Kirby-le-Soken
- UK place.population
- 1,232
- UK place.population_ref
- (Built up area, 2021)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 0.590
- UK place.civil_parish
- Frinton and Walton
- UK place.shire_district
- Tendring
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.static_image
- Kirby-le-Soken village sign.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Clacton
- UK place.post_town
- FRINTON-ON-SEA
- UK place.postcode_district
- CO13
- UK place.postcode_area
- CO
- UK place.dial_code
- 01255
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM220220
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Frinton and Walton
- Population
- 1208
- Image
- Kirby-le-Soken village sign.jpg
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- Kirby-le-Soken
- postal code
- CO13
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- TM220220
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Kirby-le-Soken is a village in the civil parish of Frinton and Walton, in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It lies to the west of Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze. It forms part of the area known as The Sokens. The village is separated from nearby Kirby Cross and the neighbouring towns by fields. The village has two pubs, two churches and a millennium forest.
Every year, the village holds the Grand village fete on the last bank holiday of the year which is filled with dog shows, old carnival games and other competitions. there are other small fetes throughout the year as well.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kirby-le-Soken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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