Bridge, Kent

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Bridge
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St Peter's Church, Bridge
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Bridge
Location within Kent
Area4.08 km2 (1.58 sq mi)
Population1,576 (Civil Parish 2011) [1]
  Density 386/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
OS grid reference TR182542
Civil parish
  • Bridge
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CANTERBURY
Postcode district CT4
Dialling code 01227
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
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51°14′42″N1°07′39″E / 51.2450°N 1.1274°E / 51.2450; 1.1274

Bridge is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England.

Contents

Bridge village is in the Nailbourne valley in a rural setting on the old Roman road, Watling Street, formerly the main road between London and Dover. The village itself is centred 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-east of the city of Canterbury.

History

It is likely that the parish took its name from "Bregge", a bridge which crossed the river Nailbourne, a tributary of the Stour. [2] The parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.

Geography

The village is surrounded by a buffer zone, and is almost entirely residential and agricultural. Its layout is a cross between a linear settlement and a clustered settlement.

Amenities

Bourne Park House is a Queen Anne mansion with lake, occasionally open to the public. Its façade and structure date mostly to 1702.

Fyfe Robertson presented ' Robbie: The Car ' on BBC One, Thursday 24 July, 1975, in which was shown Bridge's traffic congested roads.

References

  1. Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density Archived 11 February 2003 at the Wayback Machine United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
  2. Bridge Village (2023), About Bridge , retrieved 4 April 2023