Country: | England |
Official Name: | Bridge |
Static Image: | St Peter Bridge 1.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 200px |
Static Image Caption: | St Peter's Church, Bridge |
Coordinates: | 51.245°N 1.1274°W |
Population: | 1,576 |
Population Ref: | (Civil Parish 2011)[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.08 |
Civil Parish: | Bridge |
Shire District: | Canterbury |
Shire County: | Kent |
Region: | South East England |
Constituency Westminster: | Canterbury |
Post Town: | CANTERBURY |
Postcode District: | CT4 |
Postcode Area: | CT |
Dial Code: | 01227 |
Os Grid Reference: | TR182542 |
Bridge is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England.
Bridge village is in the Nailbourne valley in a rural setting on the old Roman road, Watling Street, formerly the main road between London and Dover. The village itself is centred 2.5 miles south-east of the city of Canterbury.
It is likely that the parish took its name from "Bregge", a bridge which crossed the river Nailbourne, a tributary of the Stour. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
The village is surrounded by a buffer zone, and is almost entirely residential and agricultural. Its layout is a cross between a linear settlement and a clustered settlement.
Bourne Park House is a Queen Anne mansion with lake, occasionally open to the public. Its façade and structure date mostly to 1702.
Fyfe Robertson presented ' Robbie: The Car ' on BBC One, Thursday 24 July, 1975, in which was shown Bridge's traffic congested roads.