Waltham, Kent

Waltham

The Old School House, Waltham
Waltham
Waltham shown within Kent
Area 8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population 436 (2011)[1]
• Density 54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Waltham
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Canterbury
Postcode district CT4
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England

Waltham is a village and civil parish 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Canterbury in Kent, England.

The village was once associated with the Knights Templar and was originally called Temple Waltham.[2]

Amenities

St Bartholomew's Church is Grade I listed. Its windows are of the 13th and 14th century and its tower was rebuilt and restored in 1808.[3]

Bus 620 runs between Canterbury, Hastingleigh and Waltham.

References

  1. ↑ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
  2. ↑ Waltham Village, http://www.waltham.org/walthamch.html
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1367044)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

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Waltham Village


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