Bilting

Bilting is a hamlet within the civil parish of Godmersham in the Ashford District of Kent, England. It stretches along the A28 at the foot of the Godmersham Downs, five miles northeast of Ashford town. At the 2011 Census, the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Wye with Hinxhill

Bilting
Bilting
Location within Kent
OS grid referenceTR056494
Civil parish
District
  • Ashford
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAshford
Postcode districtCT4
Dialling code01227
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament

Bilting Farm has been growing mushrooms since the 1930s, but now most of the farm has been converted to light industrial units and only a small number of speciality mushrooms are grown for local farmers' markets.[1]

References

  1. "Bilting Farm Business Centre". Bilting Farm Business Centre. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

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