Dunkirk, Kent

Dunkirk
The Red Lion Inn, Dunkirk
Dunkirk is located in Kent
Dunkirk
Dunkirk
Location within Kent
Population1,187 (2011)[1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFaversham
Postcode districtME13
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
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51°17′29″N 0°58′49″E / 51.2915°N 0.9804°E / 51.2915; 0.9804

Dunkirk is a village and civil parish between Faversham and Canterbury in southeast England. It lies on the Canterbury Road between Boughton under Blean and Harbledown.[2] This was the main Roman road from the Kentish ports to London, also known as Watling Street.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  2. ^ Hasted, Edward (1800). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 9. Institute of Historical Research: 2–7. Retrieved 12 February 2014.