Bridge, Kent

Bridge is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England. Bridge village is 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 itself is centred 2. 5 miles south-east of the city of Canterbury. HistoryIt is likely that the parish took its name from "Bregge" a bridge which crossed the river Nailbourne, a tributary of the Stour. GeographyThe village is surrounded by a buffer zone, is almost entirely residential and agricultural and is in its layout a cross between a linear settlement and a clustered settlement. AmenitiesBourne Park is a Queen Anne mansion with lake, occasionally open to the public, its façade and structure dates mostly to 1702.

Bridge is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England. Bridge village is 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 itself is centred 2. 5 miles south-east of the city of Canterbury. HistoryIt is likely that the parish took its name from "Bregge" a bridge which crossed the river Nailbourne, a tributary of the Stour. GeographyThe village is surrounded by a buffer zone, is almost entirely residential and agricultural and is in its layout a cross between a linear settlement and a clustered settlement. AmenitiesBourne Park is a Queen Anne mansion with lake, occasionally open to the public, its façade and structure dates mostly to 1702.