Stanford
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Stanford is located in Kent
Stanford
Stanford
Location within Kent
Population429 (2011)[1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAshford
Postcode districtTN25
Dialling code01303
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament

Stanford is a village and civil parish in Kent, England. It is part of the Folkestone and Hythe district.

The village developed along the ancient Roman Stone Street and was divided by the construction of the M20 motorway into Stanford North and Stanford South. Stanford Windmill and parish church of All Saints are in the village.

The parish includes the hamlet of Westenhanger. Folkestone Racecourse was located here; during World War II it served as the RAF Westenhanger airfield, and eventually closed for redevelopment in December 2012.[2] Westenhanger Castle is adjacent to the racecourse. In 2023 the local authority granted planning permission for 8,500 homes at the Otterpool Park site [3][4] which extends from Westenhanger station to the edges of Sellindge and Lympne.

Transport

Westenhanger railway station serves the parish on the Ashford to Dover line, as well as local buses to Hythe.

References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics. "Parish population 2011". UK government. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  2. ↑ BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-20769372
  3. ↑ Kent Live https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/otterpool-park-new-garden-town-7097288
  4. ↑ Planning application Y19/0257/FH
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