Kingsnorth

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This article is about the village near Ashford. For the area and power station on the Hoo Peninsula , see Kingsnorth (Medway).
Kingsnorth
Kingsnorth (Kent)
Kingsnorth

Kingsnorth shown within Kent
Population 6709[1]
OS grid reference TR002393
Parish Kingsnorth
District Ashford
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TONBRIDGE
Postcode district TN23
Dialling code 01233
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Ashford
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Coordinates: 51°07′04″N 0°51′41″E / 51.1178, 0.8615

Kingsnorth is a village and civil parish near Ashford in Kent, England.

The Greensand Way, a long distance footpath stretching from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent, passes through the parish on the final stretch.

Ashford Town Football Club's ground, Homelands, is just outside the village.

There is also a primary school within the village, which has been greatly expanded due to the influx of people moving to the nearby housing estate, Park Farm, which boasts a large supermarket and may eventually have its own rail halt on the marshlink line.

The village post office has been closed, although the hamlet of Stubb's Cross which falls within the parish still retains its post office. The village of Kingsnorth where the parish church can be found is quite small.

Kingsnorth is located on the former A2070 Ashford to Hamstreet road.

During the First World War there was a RNAS airship station with an airship hangar at Kingsnorth.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ashford Borough Council Census 2001
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