Portal:Kent

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Introduction

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Kent is a county in England, south-east of London and the county town is Maidstone, its two cities were Canterbury and Rochester until the latter lost its official city status.

The county has borders with East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London, and a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames estuary. The area has always had close transport links with Europe through its ports and since 1994 through the Channel Tunnel, it has a nominal border with France halfway along the tunnel.

Kent is known as the Garden of England because of its agricultural influence, extensive orchards and hop-gardens. Distinctive oast houses are common in the countryside, although many have been converted into residential dwellings.

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Birchington-on-Sea is a village in northeast Kent, England, with a population of around 9,800. It is part of the Thanet district and forms the civil parish of Birchington. It lies on the coast of the Thames Estuary, between the seaside resorts of Herne Bay and Margate.

As a seaside resort, the village is a notable tourist and retirement destination. The village's Minnis Bay is a family beach with attractions such as sailing, windsurfing, a paddling pool and coastal walking routes. Its three smaller beaches are surrounded by chalk cliffs, cliff stacks and caves.

The village was first recorded in 1240. Its parish church, All Saints, dates to the 13th century and its churchyard is the burial place of the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite artist, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Quex Park, a local 19th century manor house, is home to the Powell Cotton Museum of stuffed exotic animals and a twelve-bell tower built for change ringing.

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Credit: Michael Rowe

Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Any help on the Kent project would be gratefully received, even if only on your local area of expertise.

Sections that need extensive work:

List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Kent - Only very few of a very long list of articles have been yet been created. Please visit the list and see if there are any areas that you think you may be able to help out on.
List of churches in Kent - Currently a very short list, please add your local churches.

If you are unsure then you are welcome to visit the talk pages of this portal where other Wikipedians will try and help

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Kent news

On February 28th 2007 Mid Kent Water lifted the hosepipe ban, imposed on the region on 8th August 2005, the longest period since 1933

During January 2007 Operation Stack, on the M20 motorway, caused transport problems in East Kent.

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Selected biography

Roger Dean (born August 31, 1944, in Ashford, Kent) is a contemporary English artist best known for his work on album covers.

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Did you know...

...that the only Edward Medal awarded in the Kent coalfield was won at Tilmanstone Colliery, one of only four successful pits in Kent out of twelve planned or built?
... that there have been 36 Kings of Kent?
... that Ramsgate is the only Royal Port in the country and a member of the Cinque Port Confederation?
... that Dover's towering cliffs helped give Britain its nickname of Albion, meaning "white"?

On this Day - June 11th

1667 - In the Second Anglo-Dutch War the Dutch under Michiel de Ruyter broke through the chain at Upnor and sailed to Rochester Bridge capturing and firing the English fleet, known as the Raid on the Medway

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The County

At the time of the 1831 census, Kent was the 10th largest county, covering 972,240 acres, however by 1871 it had grown to 995,344 acres and became the 9th largest.

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