Great Chart with Singleton is a civil parish in the

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district of Kent, England. The parish population is mostly concentrated in the ancient village of

Great Chart Great Chart is a village in the civil parish of Great Chart with Singleton in the Ashford Borough of Kent, England. The parish is split between the ancient village of Great Chart and the modern Singleton neighbourhood on the western outskirts of ...

and the modern Singleton housing development, both located in the eastern part of the parish, near the town of

. Singleton accounts for about 80% population of the entire parish and is directly adjacent to Ashford. The village of Great Chart is located to the west of Singleton, about two miles (3.2 km) from the centre of Ashford. The remaining area of the parish is largely agricultural, with several farms.

Chilmington Green Chilmington Green was a hamlet on the edge of the Kentish Weald comprising 10 listed buildings. It is south-west of the town of Ashford. The population at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Great Chart with Singleton. In 2014, A ...

is also included in the civil parish. The medieval parish church is dedicated to St Mary; there is also Grace Fellowship (an independent evangelical church and member of the FIEC Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches) which meets 10:30am on Sunday mornings at the old Methodist church building formally known as St John's. The historic Godinton House and Gardens are located in the north part of the parish. The Parish also contains the Singleton Environment Centre, and the Ashford Community Woodland, both popular local attractions and important areas of conservational activity. The parish was formed on 1 April 1987 from part of the parish of Great Chart and part of the unparished area of Ashford.

Transport

The civil parish is bisected by numerous footpaths and roads, including a part of the Greensand Way and the A28 road connecting the parish with junction 9 of the

M20 motorway The M20 is a motorway in Kent, England. It follows on from the A20 at Swanley, meeting the M25, and continuing on to Folkestone, providing a link to the Channel Tunnel and the ports at Dover. It is long. Although not signposted in England, ...

in Ashford. A straight railway line - a part of South Eastern Main Line between Pluckley and Ashford - marks off the north quarter of the parish. Two bus routes (A and 2) operated by

Stagecoach in East Kent Stagecoach South East is the trading name of East Kent Road Car Company Limited, a bus operator based in Canterbury providing services in Kent and East Sussex in the south east of England. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach Group. History Stagec ...

connect the parish with Ashford town centre and Ashford International railway station.

References

External links

Parish Council
Civil parishes in Ashford, Kent {{Kent-geo-stub