Waltham, Kent

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

Waltham

St Bartholomew's Church, Waltham
Waltham
Location within Kent
Area8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population436 (2011)[1]
• Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Waltham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCanterbury
Postcode districtCT4
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast

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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