Stanford is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

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, England. It is part of the Folkestone and Hythe district. The village developed along the ancient Roman Stone Street and was divided by the construction of the

M20 motorway The M20 is a Controlled-access highway, motorway in Kent, England. It follows on from the A20 road (England), A20 at Swanley, meeting the M25 motorway, M25, and continuing on to Folkestone, providing a link to the Channel Tunnel and the ports a ...

into Stanford North and Stanford South. Stanford Windmill and

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

of All Saints are in the village. The parish includes the hamlet of Westenhanger. Folkestone Racecourse was located here; during

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it served as the RAF Westenhanger airfield, and eventually closed for redevelopment in December 2012. Westenhanger Castle is adjacent to the racecourse. In 2023 the local authority granted planning permission for 8,500 homes at the Otterpool Park sitePlanning application Y19/0257/FH which extends from Westenhanger station to the edges of Sellindge and Lympne.

Transport

Westenhanger railway station Westenhanger railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the villages of Westenhanger and Stanford, and was near the now-closed Folkestone Racecourse, in Kent. It is down the line from London Charing Cross. The stat ...

serves the parish on the Ashford to Dover line, as well as local buses to Hythe.

References

External links

Stanford Parish Council
Villages in Kent {{kent-geo-stub