Chartham | |
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St Mary's Church with part of the Green | |
Chartham Hatch | |
Location within Kent | |
Area | 20.84 km2 (8.05 sq mi) |
Population | 4,261 (Civil Parish 2011)[1] |
• Density | 204/km2 (530/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TR108549 |
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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 |
UK Parliament | |
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.