Sellindge is a

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and village on the

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between

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and

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20t ...

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. Sellindge is part of

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West Ward of Folkestone and Hythe District Council but part of the Elham ward of Kent County Council. Since 1971 the yearly Sellindge Steam Festival or Folkestone & Ashford Military Show has been held in the village. In 2008 and 2009 the

Sellindge Music Festival {{Use British English, date=August 2015 Sellindge Music Festival was a three-day outdoor event that took place in the countryside between Ashford and Folkestone in South Kent. The site for the festival was on Hope Farm. Although it planned to be ...

was held in the village. The static inverter plant of

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lies south of the motorway on Church Lane. Plans exist for a 3,000 capacity lorry park and an anaerobic digestion plant. They are also planning to build a new town called Otterpool, many of the residents want this to happen.

Sport & Leisure

The village has a sports and social club and a village hall. Sellindge has to its northern side the Kent

. The village has one

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, The Duke's Head, and a small shopping area. There is also a church.

In popular culture

Author

Russell Hoban Russell Conwell Hoban (February 4, 1925 – December 13, 2011) was an American expatriate writer. His works span many genres, including fantasy, science fiction, mainstream fiction, magical realism, poetry, and children's books. He lived in ...

repurposes Sellindge as "Sel Out" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel ''

Riddley Walker ''Riddley Walker'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Russell Hoban, first published in 1980. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel in 1982, as well as an Australian Science Fiction Achievement Awa ...

''.

References

External links

VillageNet entry for Sellindge

Sellindge Parish Council
Villages in Kent Villages in the Borough of Ashford Civil parishes in Kent {{Kent-geo-stub