Greenhill is an outlying suburb of the coastal town of
Herne Bay
Herne Bay is a seaside town on the north coast of Kent in South East England. It is north of Canterbury and east of Whitstable. It neighbours the ancient villages of Herne and Reculver and is part of the City of Canterbury local government ...
, in
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
in southeast
England
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. The erstwhile
Thanet Way
The A299, better known as the Thanet Way, is a major road of in the county of Kent, England, and runs from Brenley Corner near Faversham (where it merges into the M2 motorway (Great Britain), M2) to Ramsgate via Whitstable and Herne Bay, Ken ...
, now renumbered as the
A2990 road
List of A roads in Great Britain, A roads in List of A roads zones in Great Britain, zone 2 in Great Britain starting south of the River Thames and east of the A3 road (Great Britain), A3 (roads beginning with 2).
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, separates Greenhill from Herne Bay.
Greenhill is home to Briary Primary School for children aged from 4–11 years and
Herne Bay High School
Herne Bay High School is a mixed ability Academy, with designated Sports College status, situated in Herne Bay, Kent, England. There are 1506 students in the school aged 11 to 18. The principal as of March 2022 is Mr Jon Boyes.
In September 2000 ...
for children aged from 11 to 18, a sports college which very recently gained its sports status. Greenhill has its own Gymnastics Club and a wide range of community groups and organisations.
Residents also set up the first Partners and Communities Together panel, PACT, in Kent and were the first to launch a dedicated website. The panel is currently trying to gauge public opinion on the subject of having Greenhill officially reclassified as a village in its own right instead of part of Herne Bay.
References
External links
Greenhill PACT
Populated coastal places in Kent
Herne Bay, Kent
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