| Hersden | |
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 Village entrance | |
  Hersden Location within Kent | |
| Population | 1,503 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TR204620 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Canterbury |
| Postcode district | CT3 |
| Dialling code | 01227 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Hersden is a village east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England. It was established as a planned coalmining village in the 1920s and is on the A28 road between Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet. Work in the Kent Coalfield was the main source of employment in the village until the closure of the Kent colliery in the 1980s.
The parish was formed on 1 April 2019 from parts of Sturry, Chislet and Westbere.[2] The Ashford to Ramsgate railway line runs through the parish to the south of the village. This formerly served the colliery and a station, Chislet Colliery Halt railway station, operated between 1919 and 1971.
- ^ National Statistics Census 2011
- ^ "The Canterbury City Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2018" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2019.