Bekesbourne

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Bekesbourne
Location on map of United Kingdom
Statistics
Population: 868 [1] (Parish)
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference: TR191559
Latitude: 51.260007°
Longitude: 1.141368°
Administration
Parish: Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne
District: City of Canterbury
Shire county: Kent
Region: South East England
Constituent country: England
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county: Kent
Historic county: Kent
Services
Police force: Kent Police
Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}}
Ambulance: South East Coast
Post office and telephone
Post town: CANTERBURY
Postal district: CT4
Dialling code: 01227
Politics
UK Parliament: Canterbury
European Parliament: South East England

Bekesbourne is a village, within the civil parish of Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne, near Canterbury in Kent, South East England.

Located approximately three miles south-east of the city boundary the village has a church, St Peter's Parish Church which has a Norman doorway, a 13th century chancel and the first recorded example of brick mathematical tiles. [2]

Howletts Wild Animal Park is in Bekesbourne, the home of many endangered species and the world's largest gorilla colony.[citation needed]

Bekesbourne railway station serves the area, on the line between Canterbury East and Dover Priory railway stations.

Bekesbourne was the site of an aerodrome, built during World War I, and which thrived as the home of the Kent Flying Club until World War II, when it was closed. One large hangar remains.

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Statistics Census 2001
  2. ^ Canterbury City Council
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The city of Canterbury in Kent, South East England
with the surrounding suburbs, villages, towns and parishes :

AdishamBarhamBekesbourneBekesbourne-with-PatrixbourneBishopsbourneBleanBridgeCharthamChartham HatchChestfieldChisletEast StourmouthFordwichGreenhillHackingtonHarbledownHerneHerne and BroomfieldHerne BayHersdenHoathIckhamIckham and WellKingstonLittlebourneLower HardresMarshsidePatrixbournePethamPlucks GutterReculver • Stourmouth • Sturry • Swalecliffe • Tankerton • Thanington Without • Tyler Hill • Upper HarbledownUpper Hardres • Waltham • WestbereWhitstableWickhambreauxWomenswold

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