Herne and Broomfield is a

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and

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within the

City of Canterbury The City of Canterbury () is a local government district with city status in Kent, England. As well as Canterbury itself, the district extends north to the coastal towns of Whistable and Herne Bay. History The district was formed on 1 April ...

. The parish is situated to the north of

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. The seaside town of Herne Bay is the other side of the

A299 road 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) to Ramsgate via Whitstable and Herne Bay. The road provides access for ...

, Thanet Way that marks the northern boundary of the parish. Greenhill, part of Herne Bay, lies to the west, the parishes of

Hoath Hoath is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the City of Canterbury local government district. The hamlets of Knaves Ash, Maypole, Ford, Old Tree, Shelvingford and Stoney Acre are included in the parish. History Hoath was part of the estat ...

and

Chislet Chislet is an English village and civil parish in northeast Kent between Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet. The parish is the second largest in the district. A former spelling, 'Chistlet', is seen in 1418. The population of the civil parish incl ...

are to the east and

Sturry Sturry is a village on the Great Stour river situated northeast of Canterbury in Kent. Its large civil parish incorporates several hamlets and, until April 2019, the former mining village of Hersden. Geography Sturry lies at the old Roman jun ...

parish is to the South. The

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of Herne and the now merged

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of Broomfield have both expanded greatly over recent years and between them have a population of over 8,000 people. The original Micropub, The Butchers Arms, opened in Herne in 2005.

History

The Parish Council was created in May 1996 following a successful campaign by local residents (having previously been part of the

unparished area In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish (the lowest level of local government, not to be confused with an ecclesiastical parish). Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unpa ...

which was formerly Herne Bay Urban District). It is the second newest (since Hersden Parish Council was created in 2019) and largest of twenty-six parishes in the City of Canterbury.

References

External links

Herne and Broomfield Parish Council website
City of Canterbury Civil parishes in Kent {{Kent-geo-stub