Kennington, Kent

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Kennington
latitude= 51.1674
longitude= 0.8918
population = 2,400 (2005) [cite web | title = 2005 Ward Level Population Estimates | publisher = Kent County Council | url = http://www.kent.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E503169D-C06B-498F-BD0A-678EE22B4D37/6841/sae108.pdf |month=September | year=2006| accessdate = 2007-08-20 |format=PDF]
civil_parish=
shire_district= Ashford
shire_county= Kent
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Ashford
councillor = Cllr. J F Kemp ( [Conservative] )
post_town= TONBRIDGE
postcode_district = TN24, TN25
postcode_area= TN
dial_code= 01233
os_grid_reference= TR021449

Kennington is a suburb of Ashford in Kent, England. It is about a mile northeast of the town centre and north of the M20 motorway, and contains the 12th century church, St Mary's. The main A28 Canterbury Road runs through the village. In recent years the village has expanded with the building of new housing estates in the Little Burton and Towers View areas.

The River Great Stour and the Kennington Stream run through the area.

Kennington is also home to 1st Kennington Scout group, a long running scout group that includes all factions of the Scouting association; Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers aka big cubs, and a highly successful branch of Network, dubbed 'The Roosters'.Kennington has three pubs, The Golden Ball, The Pilgrims Rest and The Rose Inn.

The current councilor for the Kennington Ward is Cllr. J F Kemp (Conservative).

Schools

There is one secondary school in the village, The Towers School, with a local junior school, Kennington C of E Primary School, and an infants school, Downs View Infants school. Since the county still operates a grammar school system, those who pass the 11+ are given the opportunity to attend the grammar school in Ashford, The Norton Knatchbull School or Highworth Grammar School [ [http://www.kent.gov.uk/Kcc.eGov.SchoolAdmissions.Web.Public.UI/defaultssd.aspx Kent Schools ] ]

Demography

As of the 2001 UK census, the Kennington electoral ward had a population of 2,321. The ethnicity was 96.3% white, 1.1% mixed race, 1.6% Asian, 0.5% black and 0.5% other. The place of birth of residents was 93.1% United Kingdom, 0.6% Republic of Ireland, 1.9% other Western European countries, and 4.4% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 79.5% Christian, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.7% Hindu, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, and 0.6% Muslim. 10.3% were recorded as having no religion, 0.3% had an alternative religion and 8.2% did not state their religion.cite web | title = Neighbourhood Statistics | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=3&b=5945430&c=Kennington&d=14&g=456860&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1203683886275&enc=1&domainId=16 | accessdate = 2008-02-22]

The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 43.3% in full-time employment, 14% in part-time employment, 10.2% self-employed, 1.9% unemployed, 3.6% students with jobs, 4.9% students without jobs, 13.4% retired, 4.7% looking after home or family, 2.6% permanently sick or disabled and 1.5% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents was 16.1% retail, 13.8% manufacturing, 7.8% construction, 12.1% real estate, 10.9% health and social work, 8.4% education, 8% transport and communications, 6.6% public administration, 5.7% hotels and restaurants, 5% finance, 1.1% agriculture and 4.5% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in hotels and restaurants, and a relatively low proportion in agriculture. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 21.6% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide.

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