List of civil parishes in Kent
This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. There are 326 civil parishes.
Ashford[]
The former Ashford Urban District is unparished.
- Aldington 12
- Appledore 42
- Bethersden 46
- Biddenden 42
- Bilsington 12
- Bonnington 12
- Boughton Aluph 12
- Brabourne 12
- Brook 12
- Challock 12
- Charing 46
- Chilham 12
- Crundale 12
- Eastwell 12
- Egerton 46
- Godmersham 12
- Great Chart with Singleton 46
- Hastingleigh 12
- High Halden 42
- Hothfield 46
- Kenardington 42
- Kennington[1]
- Kingsnorth 46
- Little Chart 46
- Mersham 12
- Molash 12
- Newenden 42
- Orlestone 12
- Pluckley 46
- Rolvenden 42
- Ruckinge 12
- Sevington 12
- Shadoxhurst 46
- Smarden 46
- Smeeth 12
- [2]
- Stanhope 46
- Stone cum Ebony 42
- Tenterden (town)41
- Warehorne 12
- Westwell 46
- Wittersham 42
- Woodchurch 42
- Wye with Hinxhill 12
Canterbury[]
The former Canterbury County Borough and parts of the former Herne Bay Urban District and Whitstable Urban District are unparished.
- Adisham 2
- Barham 2
- Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne 2
- Bishopsbourne 2
- Blean 2[3]
- Bridge 2
- Chartham 2
- Chestfield 47
- Chislet 2
- Fordwich (town)2
- Hackington 2
- Harbledown and Rough Common 2[4]
- Herne and Broomfield 19
- Hersden 2[3]
- Hoath 2
- Ickham and Well 2
- Kingston 2
- Littlebourne 2
- 2[3]
- Petham 2
- Sturry 2
- Thanington 2[3]
- Upper Hardres 2
- Waltham 2
- Westbere 2
- Wickhambreaux 2
- Womenswold 2
Dartford[]
The former Dartford Municipal Borough is unparished.
- Bean 8
- Darenth 8
- Longfield and New Barn 8
- Southfleet 8
- Stone 8
- Sutton at Hone and Hawley 8
- Swanscombe and Greenhithe (town)40
- Wilmington 8
Dover[]
The whole of the district is parished.
- Alkham 11
- Ash 13
- Aylesham 13
- Capel le Ferne 11
- Deal (town)9
- Denton with Wootton 11
- Dover (town)10
- Eastry 13
- Eythorne 13
- Goodnestone 13
- Great Mongeham 9
- Guston 11
- Hougham Without 11
- Langdon 11
- Lydden 11
- Nonington 13
- Northbourne 13
- Preston 13
- Ringwould with Kingsdown 11
- Ripple 13
- River 10 11
- Sandwich (town)33
- Shepherdswell with Coldred 11
- Sholden 13
- St Margaret's at Cliffe 11
- Staple 13
- Stourmouth 13
- Sutton 13
- Temple Ewell 11
- Tilmanstone 13
- Walmer 9
- Whitfield 11
- Wingham 13
- Woodnesborough 13
- Worth 13
Folkestone and Hythe[]
The whole of the district is parished.
- Acrise 14
- Brenzett 32
- Brookland 32
- Burmarsh 32
- Dymchurch 32
- Elham 14
- Elmsted 14
- Folkestone (town)16[5]
- Hawkinge 14
- Hythe (town)21
- Ivychurch 32
- Lydd (town)22
- Lyminge 14
- Lympne 14
- Monks Horton 14
- Newchurch 32
- Newington 14
- New Romney (town)27
- Old Romney 32
- Paddlesworth 14
- Postling 14
- Saltwood 14
- Sandgate 16[5]
- Sellindge 14
- Snargate 32
- St Mary in the Marsh 32
- Stanford 14
- Stelling Minnis 14
- Stowting 14
- Swingfield 14
Gravesham[]
The former Gravesend Municipal Borough and Northfleet Urban District are unparished.
- Cobham 38
- Higham 38
- Luddesdown 38
- Meopham 38
- Shorne 38
- Vigo 38
Maidstone[]
Part of the former Maidstone Municipal Borough is unparished.
- Barming 24
- Bearsted 24
- Bicknor 20
- Boughton Malherbe 20
- Boughton Monchelsea 24
- Boxley 20
- Bredhurst 20
- Broomfield and Kingswood 20
- Chart Sutton 20
- Collier Street 24
- Coxheath 24
- Detling 20
- Downswood 24
- East Farleigh 24
- East Sutton 20
- Frinsted 20
- Harrietsham 20
- Headcorn 20
- Hollingbourne 20
- Hucking 20
- Hunton 24
- Langley 20
- Leeds 20
- Lenham 20
- Linton 24
- Loose 24
- Marden 24
- Nettlestead 24
- Otham 24
- Otterden 20
- Staplehurst 24
- Stockbury 20
- Sutton Valence 20
- Teston 24
- Thurnham 20
- Tovil 23
- Ulcombe 20
- West Farleigh 24
- Wichling 20
- Wormshill 20
- Yalding 24
Medway[]
The former Chatham Municipal Borough, Gillingham Municipal Borough and Rochester Municipal Borough are unparished.
- Allhallows 38
- Cliffe and Cliffe Woods 38
- Cooling 38
- Cuxton 38
- Frindsbury Extra 38
- Halling 38
- High Halstow 38
- Hoo St Werburgh 38
- Isle of Grain 38
- St Mary Hoo 38
- Stoke 38
Sevenoaks[]
The whole of the district is parished
- Ash-cum-Ridley 8
- Badgers Mount 34 [6]
- Brasted 34
- Chevening 34
- Chiddingstone 34
- Cowden 34
- Crockenhill 8
- Dunton Green 34
- Edenbridge (town)34
- Eynsford 8
- Farningham 8
- Fawkham 8
- Halstead 34
- Hartley 8
- Hever 34
- Hextable 8[7]
- Horton Kirby and South Darenth 8
- Kemsing 34
- Knockholt 34
- Leigh 34
- Otford 34
- Penshurst 34
- Riverhead 34
- Seal 34
- Sevenoaks (town)35
- Sevenoaks Weald 34
- Shoreham 34
- Sundridge with Ide Hill 34
- Swanley (town)8
- Westerham 34
- West Kingsdown 8
Swale[]
The former Sittingbourne and Milton Urban District and part of the former Queenborough in Sheppey Municipal Borough are unparished.
- Badlesmere 39
- Bapchild 39
- Bobbing 39
- Borden 39
- Boughton under Blean 39
- Bredgar 39
- Doddington 39
- Dunkirk 39
- Eastchurch 29
- Eastling 39
- Faversham (town) 15
- 39
- Hartlip 39
- Hernhill 39
- Iwade 39
- Leaveland 39
- Leysdown 29
- Lower Halstow 39
- Luddenham 39
- 39[8]
- Milstead 39
- Minster-on-Sea 29
- Newington 39
- Newnham 39
- Norton, Buckland and Stone 39
- Oare 39
- Ospringe 39
- Queenborough (town)29
- Rodmersham 39
- Selling 39
- Sheerness 29[9][10]
- Sheldwich 39
- Stalisfield 39
- Teynham 39
- Throwley 39
- Tonge 39
- Tunstall 39
- Upchurch 39
- Warden 29
Thanet[]
Part of the former Margate Municipal Borough is unparished.
- Acol 13
- Birchington 26
- Broadstairs and St Peters (town)3
- Cliffsend 30
- Manston 26 30
- Minster 13
- Monkton 13
- Ramsgate (town) 30[11]
- Sarre 13
- St Nicholas-at-Wade 13
- Westgate-on-Sea[12][13]
Tonbridge and Malling[]
The former Tonbridge Urban District is unparished.
- Addington 25
- Aylesford 25
- Birling 25
- Borough Green 25
- Burham 25
- Ditton 25
- East Malling and Larkfield 25
- East Peckham 25
- Hadlow 43
- Hildenborough 43
- Ightham 25
- Kings Hill 25
- Leybourne 25
- Mereworth 25
- Offham 25
- Platt 25
- Plaxtol 25
- Ryarsh 25
- Shipbourne 25
- Snodland (town) 25
- Stansted 25
- Trottiscliffe 25
- Wateringbury 25
- West Malling 25
- West Peckham 25
- Wouldham 25
- Wrotham 25
Tunbridge Wells[]
Most of the former Tunbridge Wells Municipal Borough is unparished. The exception is Rusthall which became a civil parish in 2011.
- Benenden 6
- Bidborough 43
- 43[14][15]
- Capel 43
- 6
- Frittenden 6
- Goudhurst 6
- Hawkhurst 6
- Horsmonden 43
- Lamberhurst 43
- Paddock Wood (town)43
- Pembury 43
- Rusthall 45
- Sandhurst 6
- Southborough (town)37
- Speldhurst 43
Notes[]
- Formerly Ashford Urban District[16]
- Formerly [17]
- Formerly Broadstairs and St Peters Urban District[18]
- Formerly Canterbury County Borough[19]
- Formerly Chatham Municipal Borough[20]
- Formerly Cranbrook Rural District[21]
- Formerly Dartford Municipal Borough[22]
- Formerly Dartford Rural District[23]
- Formerly Deal Municipal Borough[24]
- Formerly Dover Municipal Borough[25]
- Formerly [26]
- Formerly [27]
- Formerly Eastry Rural District[28]
- Formerly [29]
- Formerly Faversham Municipal Borough[30]
- Formerly Folkestone Municipal Borough[31]
- Formerly Gillingham Municipal Borough[32]
- Formerly Gravesend Municipal Borough[33]
- Formerly Herne Bay Urban District[34]
- Formerly Hollingbourne Rural District[35]
- Formerly Hythe Municipal Borough[36]
- Formerly Lydd Municipal Borough[37]
- Formerly Maidstone Municipal Borough[38]
- Formerly [39]
- Formerly Malling Rural District[40]
- Formerly Margate Municipal Borough[41]
- Formerly New Romney Municipal Borough[42]
- Formerly Northfleet Urban District[43]
- Formerly Queenborough in Sheppey Municipal Borough[44]
- Formerly Ramsgate Municipal Borough[45]
- Formerly Rochester Municipal Borough[46]
- Formerly [47]
- Formerly Sandwich Municipal Borough[48]
- Formerly Sevenoaks Rural District[49]
- Formerly Sevenoaks Urban District[50]
- Formerly Sittingbourne and Milton Urban District[51]
- Formerly Southborough Urban District[52]
- Formerly Strood Rural District[53]
- Formerly [54]
- Formerly Swanscombe Urban District[55]
- Formerly Tenterden Municipal Borough[56]
- Formerly [57]
- Formerly [58]
- Formerly Tonbridge Urban District[59]
- Formerly Tunbridge Wells Municipal Borough[60]
- Formerly [61]
- Formerly Whitstable Urban District[62]
See also[]
- List of civil parishes in England
References[]
- ^ "The Ashford Borough (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Kennington Community Council) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "The Ashford Borough (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (South Willesborough & Newtown Community Council) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "The Canterbury City Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2018" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ District Council notices of the change of name of a parish 2008 Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Shepway (Parishes) Order 2004 Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Sevenoks District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2014" (PDF). Lgbce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ The Sevenoaks (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2008
- ^ District Council notices of the change of name of a parish 2004 Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sheerness". Mapit. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Sheerness Town Council Precept" (PDF). Swale Borough Council. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ The District of Thanet (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2009 Archived 2012-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 May 2010
- ^ "The District of Thanet (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Westgate Parish Council) Order 2015". Westgate-on-Sea Town Council. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Westgate-on-Sea". ONS. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Brenchley and Matfield". Mapit. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Change of Name of Brenchley Parish Council" (PDF). Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Ashford Urban District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Bridge-Blean Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Broadstairs and St Peters Urban District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Canterbury County Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Chatham Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Cranbrook Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Dartford Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Dartford Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Deal Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Dover Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Dover Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : East Ashford Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Eastry Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Elham Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Faversham Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Folkestone Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Gillingham Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Gravesend Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Herne Bay Urban District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Hollingbourne Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Hythe Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Lydd Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Maidstone Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Maidstone Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Malling Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Margate Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : New Romney Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Northfleet Urban District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Queenborough in Sheppey Municipal Borough Archived 2007-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Ramsgate Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Rochester Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Romney Marsh Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Sandwich Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Sevenoaks Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Sevenoaks Urban District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Sittingbourne and Milton Urban District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Southborough Urban District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Strood Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Swale Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Swanscombe Urban District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Tenterden Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Tenterden Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Tonbridge Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Tonbridge Urban District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Tunbridge Wells Municipal Borough
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : West Ashford Rural District
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Whitstable Urban District
External links[]
- Populated places in Kent
- Lists of civil parishes in England
- Civil parishes in Kent
- Kent-related lists