Bridge, Kent

Bridge, Kent

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Bridge
static_

static_image_caption=Bridge church
latitude= 51.2450
longitude= 1.1274
map_type=
population = 1467 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=795406&c=bridge&d=16&e=15&g=457319&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 National Statistics] Census 2001]
civil_parish= Bridge
shire_district= Canterbury
shire_county= Kent
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Canterbury
post_town= CANTERBURY
postcode_district = CT4
postcode_area= CT
dial_code= 01227
os_grid_reference= TR182542

Bridge is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England.

Bridge village is situated in the Nailbourne Valley in a rural setting on the old Roman road, Watling Street, formerly the main road between London and Dover. The village lies 2.5 miles south-east of Canterbury.

It is likely that the parish took its name from "Bregge" a bridge which crossed the River Little Stour, a tributary of the Stour itself. [ [http://www.bridgevillage.org.uk/jcwebfiles/bridgevillage/pages/introduction.htm Bridge Village] ]

On the edge of the village are two large country estates. Bourne Park is a Queen Anne mansion dating from 1702. Higham Park is a large neoclassical mansion, once the home of eccentric racing driver Count Louis Zborowski. His giant-engined "Chitty Bang Bang" cars were built there, as was "Babs", the vehicle used in J.G. Parry-Thomas's attempt for the land speed record at Pendine Sands in 1927.

The famous aviator Ed "Steady Eddie" Ludlow lives locally with his partner Pierre and Westland Terrier, Beau.

References

External links

* [http://www.bridgevillage.org.uk/ Bridge village website]
* [http://www.higham-park.co.uk/ Higham Park] (Note: Higham Park is no longer open to the public)


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