Bridge is a village and

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near

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. Bridge village is in the Nailbourne valley in a

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setting on the old

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, formerly the main road between

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and

Dover Dover ( ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, southeast England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. ...

. The village itself is centred south-east of the city of

History

It is likely that the parish took its name from "Bregge", a bridge which crossed the river Nailbourne, a tributary of the Stour. The parish church is dedicated to

Saint Peter Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian#Jerusalem ekklēsia, e ...

Geography

The village is surrounded by a

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, and is almost entirely residential and agricultural. Its layout is a cross between a

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and a clustered settlement.

Amenities

Bourne Park House Bourne Park House is a Queen Anne style country house on Bourne Park Road, between Bishopsbourne and Bridge near Canterbury in Kent. Built in 1701, it has been listed Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for England since 1954. An 18th ...

is a Queen Anne mansion with lake, occasionally open to the public. Its façade and structure date mostly to 1702.

In popular culture

Fyfe Robertson James "Fyfe" Robertson (19 August 1902 – 4 February 1987) was a Scottish television journalist and broadcaster. Biography Robertson was born at 8:30am on 19 August 1902 at 35 Shandon Crescent in the District of St. George, in the city o ...

presented ' Robbie: The Car ' on BBC One, Thursday 24 July, 1975, in which was shown Bridge's traffic congested roads.

References

External links

Bridge village website
Villages in Kent City of Canterbury Civil parishes in Kent {{Kent-geo-stub