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Geography of Kent. Geological cross section of Kent, showing how it relates to major towns. Kent is the south-easternmost county in England. It is bounded on the north by the River Thames and the North Sea, and on the south by the Straits of Dover and the English Channel. The continent of Europe is 21 miles across the straits.
Kent. / 51.200°N 0.700°E / 51.200; 0.700. Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe. It borders Essex across the entire estuary of the River Thames to the north; the French department of Pas-de-Calais across the Strait of Dover to the south-east; East Sussex to the south-west; Surrey ...
List of settlements in Kent by population; List of civil parishes in Kent; Category:Civil parishes in Kent; Category:Towns in Kent; Category:Villages in Kent; Category:Geography of Kent; List of places in England
Thanet aerial showing the towns of Broadstairs. Margate, Ramsgate and Westgate-on-Sea. Thanet / ˈθænɪt / is a local government district in Kent, England. The council is based in Margate and the district also contains the towns of Broadstairs, Ramsgate and Westgate-on-Sea, along with several villages. It takes its name from the Isle of ...
Prehistoric Kent. Recent excavations and radiometric dating at a Lower Palaeolithic site at the West Gravel Pit, Fordwich, near Canterbury confirmed the presence of early humans in the area between 560,000 and 620,000 years ago during a warming phase ( Marine isotope stage 15 ). [ 1] They may have been Homo heidelbergensis or an early form of ...
The River Loose is a relatively short river starting near Langley south east of Maidstone running west through Loose and joining the Medway at Tovil. The River Len has its source at a small watershed south of Lenham. A nearby stream is one of the sources of the Great Stour. The Len flows in a westerly direction and joins the Medway at Maidstone.
This is a list of settlements in Kent by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 44 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Kent, shown in the table below. See the List of places in Kent article for an extensive list of local places and ...
Kent is divided into 12 local authority districts and Medway Unitary Authority. Sevenoaks. Dartford. Gravesham. Tonbridge and Malling. Medway. Maidstone. Tunbridge Wells. Swale.