Chartham

Chartham
St Mary's Church with part of the Green
Chartham Hatch
Chartham is located in Kent
Chartham
Chartham
Location within Kent
Area20.84 km2 (8.05 sq mi)
Population4,261 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density204/km2 (530/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTR108549
Civil parish
  • Chartham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCanterbury
Postcode districtCT4
Dialling code01227
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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51°15′52″N 1°02′28″E / 51.2645°N 1.0410°E / 51.2645; 1.0410

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, 2.3 mi (4 km) 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[2] 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. Its current [when?]

Nearby communities are Harbledown and Rough Common, Blean, and to the north Thanington.

  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. ^ "Paper Manufacturer; Arjowiggins Creative Papers Suppliers of Translucent Paper". arjowiggins-tracingpapers.com. Retrieved 24 August 2012.