Hawkinge

Hawkinge
Hawkinge is located in Kent
Hawkinge
Hawkinge
Location within Kent
Population8,002 (2020)[1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFOLKESTONE
Postcode districtCT18
Dialling code01303
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°07′01″N 1°09′50″E / 51.117°N 1.1638°E / 51.117; 1.1638

Hawkinge (/ˈhɔːkɪn/ HAW-kinj) is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile (c. 1.3 km) due east of the present village centre;[2] the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill.[3]

  1. ^ "Town population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Historical notes on Hawkinge". Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  3. ^ Unofficial Hawkinge Website Archived 2005-08-27 at the Wayback Machine