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  Hamstreet shown within Kent |
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| Population | 2000 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Orlestone and Warehorne |
| District | Ashford |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TONBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | TN26 |
| Dialling code | 01233 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Ashford |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
Hamstreet is a village in Kent, in south-east England. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Orlestone is the Civil parish in Ashford District, Kent, England, with a Population of 1500 Warehorne is a Village and Civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Population In 1801 the population of Ashford and Willesborough was 2600 in 1861 this had more than tripled to 8800 by 1901 12808 and in 1961 the figure was 28000 Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system Tonbridge (historic spelling Tunbridge) is a Market town in the English county of Kent, with a population of 30340 in 2007 UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Tonbridge postcode area, is a group of postal districts around Ashford, Battle, Bexhill-on-Sea, Cranbrook, The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Kent Police, a Home Office police force polices Kent in England, including the unitary authority of Medway. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the Statutory fire and rescue service for the County of Kent covering a geographical area south of London The South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb is the NHS Ambulance Services Trust for south-eastern England, covering Kent (including Medway South East England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Ashford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of places in Kent, England split by local government district and sorted alphabetically A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
The village is located some six miles south of Ashford on the A2070, the main road between Ashford and Hastings. Population In 1801 the population of Ashford and Willesborough was 2600 in 1861 this had more than tripled to 8800 by 1901 12808 and in 1961 the figure was 28000 List of A roads beginning with 2 in Great Britain starting south of the River Thames and east of the A3. The town of Ashford lies on the River Great Stour, M20 motorway, South Eastern Main Line and High Speed 1 railways in the borough of Ashford Hastings is a town on the coast of East Sussex in England; it is also the administrative centre for the Borough of the same name The majority of the village is in the parish of Orlestone, named after a much older hamlet located one mile north of Hamstreet on the ridge of hills; however, part of the village falls within the parish of Warehorne, giving it a population of approximately 2,000 and a loose claim to having three pubs. Orlestone is the Civil parish in Ashford District, Kent, England, with a Population of 1500 Warehorne is a Village and Civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England.
The parish church, dedicated to The Good Shephard [1], is now a shared Anglican/Methodist building, and the parish churches of Orlestone, Snave (now a redundant church), Ruckinge, Warehorne and Kenardington are all within the same benefice. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations Orlestone is the Civil parish in Ashford District, Kent, England, with a Population of 1500 Snave is a very small hamlet located on Romney Marsh in Kent, England just off the A2070 road nine miles south of the town of Ashford The Village of Ruckinge is located in Kent It lies seven miles southeast of Ashford on the B2067 Hamstreet to Hythe road Warehorne is a Village and Civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. Kenardington is a small Village, and the centre of a Civil parish of the same name in the Ashford District of Kent, England.
History
Parts of the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Orlestone date back to the 11th century. Until the coming of the railway in 1853, Hamstreet was just a hamlet known as 'Ham' based around the weatherboard village centre. The village expanded rapidly during the 20th century and had its moment of fame in 1991, when maps of the Hamstreet at various stages in history were used on a series of postage stamps to mark 200 years of the Ordnance Survey – this chance arose because the Hamstreet area was the first to be mapped in this way. A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services Ordnance Survey (OS is an Executive agency of the United Kingdom government An episode of BBC TV's 'Countryfile' was also devoted to the occasion. Countryfile is a British Sunday-morning television programme by the BBC which first aired in 1988 and reports on rural and environmental issues The village also featured in a mountaineering spoof in Blue Peter to raise money for charity. Blue Peter is a BBC Television programme for children It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the
Countryside
Two large areas of public woodland surround the village, namely Ham Street Woods and Orlestone Forest, Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). Ham Street Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI near Hamstreet and Ruckinge, six miles (10 km from Ashford in Kent A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a Conservation designation denoting a Protected area in the United Kingdom. Both are remnants of the ancient forest that once covered the whole of the Weald of Kent. The Royal Military Canal, the UK's third longest defensive structure, passes by half a mile to the south. The Royal Military Canal is a canal running for 28 miles between Seabrook near Folkestone and Cliff End near Hastings, following the old cliff line bordering Three long distance footpaths also run through the parish:
- The Saxon Shore Way
- Greensand Way (which begins at the main crossroads and runs for 110 miles (177 km) to Haslemere, Surrey)
- The Royal Military Canal Path
The area is also popular with cyclists, as Romney Marsh to the south is completely flat!
Amenities
Hamstreet has:
- A railway station on the Marshlink Line
- Post office/general store
- Various shops (including hardware stores/cycle shop/antiques)
- A doctor's surgery
- A dentist
- A village primary school
- A hairdresser
- A garage
- A restaurant
- A garden centre
- A pub at the village crossroads called the Duke's Head
- The home of Kent's own independent bottled gas company, Novagas. Coastline The Saxon Shore Way starts at Gravesend, Kent and traces the Coast as it was in Roman times (note the changed coastline Greensand Way is long distance walk following the Greensand Ridge across two counties passing through the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills Kent. Haslemere is a town in Surrey, England, close to the border with both Hampshire and West Sussex. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The Romney Marsh is a sparsely-populated Wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England. Ham Street railway station serves Hamstreet in Kent. It is on the Marshlink Line, and train services are provided by Southern. Description of route The towns on the route are listed below Ashford International Ham Street: was Ham Street & Orlestone
The village has a country fayre and transport festival every June and is twinned with Therouanne in Northern France. Thérouanne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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