Approaching Highstead on Boyden Gate Hill - geograph

Highstead is a village near

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 ...

, off the A299 road, in the

Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ...

District, in the English county of

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 ...

. It is near the 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 ...

. Highstead is known for its iron-age pottery findings.Paul Bennett, Peter Couldrey, Nigel Macpherson-Grant ''Highstead, NR Chislet, Kent, Excavations 1975-1977'', 2007

References

* http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm (result for Highstead) Villages in Kent City of Canterbury {{Kent-geo-stub