Portal:Kent
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Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. The county town is Maidstone. The city of Canterbury and Rochester (which was a city
until 1998) have cathedrals.
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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Dungeness is the headland of a shingle beach on the Romney Marsh in Kent, England. It is also given to a "village" situated along the beach: and to an important ecological site on the same location.
Dungeness is one of the largest expanses of shingle in the world. It is of international conservation importance for its geomorphology, plant and invertebrate communities and birdlife. This is recognised and protected in large part through its conservation designations - National Nature Reserve (NNR), Special Protection Area (SPA) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC).
There is a remarkable and unique variety of wildlife living at Dungeness. Over 600 different types of plant (a third of all those found in Britain) are found here. It is one of the best places in Britain to find insects such as moths, bees, beetles and spiders; many of these are very rare, some found nowhere else in Britain.
There are two nuclear power stations at Dungeness, the first built in 1965 and the second in 1983. They are located within a wildlife sanctuary that has been deemed a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Freddie Laker (6 August 1922 – 9 February 2006), was an airline entrepreneur, one of the first airline owners to adopt the "no-frills" airline business model that has since proven to be very successful worldwide. Laker, originally from Canterbury and educated at the city's Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, started working in aviation with Short Brothers in Rochester.
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Template:/box-header Kent is divided into 12 local authority districts and Medway Unitary Authority.
- Sevenoaks
- Dartford
- Gravesham
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Medway
- Maidstone
- Tunbridge Wells
- Swale
- Ashford
- City of Canterbury
- Shepway
- Thanet
- DoverTemplate:/box-footer
- ...that Charles Davis Lucas, the first person to be awarded the Victoria Cross, is buried in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church in Mereworth, Kent?
- ...that the village of Chiddingstone near Sevenoaks is unique in that with the exception of church and castle it is entirely owned by the National Trust?
- ...that Matthew Webb, the very first person to swim the English Channel, left from Dover in 1875 ?
- ... that the world’s first aircraft factory was opened at Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey by the Short Brothers in 1909?
- ... that there were 36 Kings of Kent?
- ... that Herne Bay Pier was the setting for the opening sequence of Ken Russell's first feature film French Dressing?"Template:/box-footer
Template:/box-header At the time of the 1831 census, Kent was the 10th largest county, covering 972,240 acres (3,934.5 km2), however by 1871 it had grown to 995,344 acres (4,028.01 km2) and became the 9th largest. Template:/box-footer
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